such insurance lines, securitizationis rapidly emerging as an alternative form of risk transfer. The ultimatesuccess of … separate components, one of which is atype of systemic risk that is highly correlated amongst insureds. Such acorrelated …, which illustrate ourmethodology in several types of insurance markets subject to systemic risk. …

literature that, when there is (only) risk type uncertainty, the optimal GR contract with renewal price set at the actuarially … fair price for low risk types provides full insurance against reclassification risk. We develop a model that includes … unpredictable (and unobservable) fluctuations in demand for life insurance as well as changes in risk type (observable) over …

) the comparison of the degree of risk aversion for consumption and for LTC expenditures, and (iii) the income level of …

In this study, we compare the out-of-sample forecasting performance of several modern Value-at- Risk (VaR) estimators … that the traditional historical simulation approach, which is currently the most frequently used VaR estimator in …

In this paper we use an experiment to compare a theory of risk aversion and a theory of spite as an explanation for … overbidding in auctions. As a workhorse we use the second-price all-pay and the first-price winner-pay auction. Both risk and … spite can be used to rationalize deviations from risk neutral equilibrium bids in auctions. We exploit that equilibrium …

Using an economic model to assess welfare risk and resilience to disasters, this paper systematically tackles the … losses at the microeconomic level. Apart from the prioritization of regions based on resilience and welfare risk, we identify … risk from riverine floods. While there are similarities in the ranking of policies among regions with comparable levels of …