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1 online resource (ix, 166 pages) : In this relatively short survey, we present the core elements of the microeconomic analysis of insurance markets at a level suitable for senior undergraduate and graduate economics students. The aim of this analysis is to understand how insurance markets work, what their fundamental economic functions are, and how efficiently they may be expected to carry these out Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-166) Abstract -- Introduction -- The demand for insurance -- Introduction -- Two models of the demand for insurance -- Comparative satics: the properties of the demand functions -- Multiple loss states and deductibles -- Insurance demand with state dependent utility -- Insurance demand and uninsurable risk -- Conclusion -- The supply of insurance -- Introduction -- Risk pooling -- Risk spreading -- Insurance costs: the Raviv model -- Capital, solvency, and regulation -- Adverse selection -- Introduction -- Adverse selection in competitive insurance markets -- Categorical discrimination -- Endogenous information acquisition -- Dynamic adverse selection -- Moral hazard -- Introduction -- Single period contracts under moral hazard -- Dynamic

Author

Ray Rees, Achim Wambach

Publisher

Now Publishers

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781601981097

Subjects

Economics, Management, Social Science