This paper proposes a discrete dynamic programming model to maintain pension contribution in a stable level. By assuming an intertemporal stable contribution rate, we derive an algorithm to calculate the optimal contribution that requires less exogenous information and produces more stable...

We examine insurance markets with two types of customers: those who regret suboptimal decisions and those who don.t. In this setting, we characterize the equilibria under hidden information about the type of customers and hidden action. We show that both pooling and separating equilibria can...

How do property liability insurance companies choose their organizational forms and distribution channels? Prior studies have not yet provided a consistent conclusion. In this paper, we propose a reduced form approach to reexamine the relationship between organizational forms and distribution...

Almost stochastic dominance allows small violations of stochastic dominance rules to avoid situations where most decision makers prefer one alternative to another but stochastic dominance cannot rank them. While the idea behind almost stochastic dominance is quite promising, it has not caught on...

The literature has pointed out that many decision makers could exhibit some degree of risk lovingness. Yet, it still lacks a suitable performance index which is consistent with the preferences of all of them, i.e., the preferred project has a higher score. To fulfill this need, our paper...