This paper empirically examines the adverse selection models by using the data from China’s personal automobile insurance market through the standard positive-correlation test. Results show that higher-risk insurance policyholders do tend to buy insurance with a lower coinsurance rate, which...

Purpose – The paper aims to test the rational‐expectations hypothesis using data from the Chinese stock market. Design/methodology/approach – The rational‐expectations hypothesis plays a critical role in economic and financial studies. However, it is unclear whether this hypothesis is...

Social and cultural factors will affect people’s economic decision-making. This paper discusses the impact of cultural factors on insurance demand, enriching the relevant research in this field. As a special financial product, insurance demand research has important theoretical and practical...

How do environmental conditions influence the purchase of critical illness insurance, and why? The mechanism for any potential relationship between them has substantial welfare and policy implications. Prior literature has found a positive relationship between supplementary health insurance and...

Purpose – The purpose of this two‐part series is to consider the role of the “scientific method” (SM) in human understanding, questioning both its consistency in actual practice and its reasonableness as a system of philosophy and action. Design/methodology/approach – Part 2 considers...

We introduce uncertainty into Holmstrom and Milgrom (1987) to study optimal long-term contracting with learning. In a dynamic relationship, the agent's shirking not only reduces current performance but also increases the agent's information rent due to the persistent belief manipulation effect....