can be used to self-insure, substituting for both formal and informal insurance. We investigate this question using a … remittances, which supports the idea that remittances act as (self-) insurance. We also show that purchasing formal funeral cover … is influenced by other risk management strategies and that determinants of informal insurance differ from those of formal …

the European rules regarding the solvency capital requirements for insurance companies should adapt to the state of the …

We consider the regulation of national firms in a common market. Regulators can influence the production of national …

We study the nature of individual demands for environmental regulation and for trade openness in the general … respect to the stringency of regulation. Moreover, even though trade has the potential to benefit everyone, the poor may … oppose trade openness because of a concern that laxer environmental regulation will then be imposed in the interest of the …

This paper studies the evolution of hurricane insurance in Florida over the last decades. Hurricanes (and other natural … insurance cover from the private market and/or can do so only at premiums that substantially exceed their expected claims costs … levels with the creation of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (an insurer of last resort) and the Florida Hurricane …

. Second, a TV channel might find it optimal to commit to not raising advertising revenue. Third, regulation of the advertising …