Spinnewijn, Johannes 
ORCID: 0000-0002-7963-5847
(2013)
Insurance and perceptions: how to screen optimists and pessimists.
The Economic Journal, 123 (569).
pp. 606-633.
ISSN 0013-0133
Abstract
People have very different beliefs about the risks they face. I analyze how heterogeneous risk perceptions affect the insurance contracts offered by pro.t-maximizing .rms. An essential distinction is how risk perceptions affect the willingness to pay for insurance relative to the willingness to exert risk-reducing effort. This determines both the sign of the correlation between risk and insurance coverage in equilibrium, shedding new light on a recent empirical puzzle, and the type of individuals screened by either monopolistic or competing .rms. Even with perfect competition, heterogeneous risk perceptions may well strengthen the case for government intervention in insurance markets.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28... |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 The Author |
| Divisions: | Economics Centre for Economic Performance |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD61 Risk Management H Social Sciences > HG Finance |
| JEL classification: | D - Microeconomics > D6 - Welfare Economics > D60 - General D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D80 - General G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G22 - Insurance; Insurance Companies |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Oct 2012 09:01 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Nov 2024 21:12 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/46858 |
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