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One of the most significant economic developments of the past decade has been the development of innovative risk …-financing techniques in the insurance industry. Innovation has been driven by the increase in the frequency and severity of catastrophic … losses, capital management needs in the life insurance industry, market inefficiencies created by (re)insurance underwriting …
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This study examines the effects of cream skimming using telematics devices on the automobile insurance market. Insurers … skimming occurs by excluding high risk insureds who are expected to pay higher premiums. We also experimentally verified our …) automobile insurance causes adverse selection and market failure without any regulations …
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The decision to cooperate within R&D joint ventures is often based on `expert advice.' Such advice typically originates in a due diligence process, which assesses the R&D joint venture's profitability, for example, by appraising the achievability of synergies. We show that if the experts who...
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I propose a theory of debt maturity as an incentive device to motivate innovation when contracts are fundamentally … partially insures the entrepreneur against failure and thus motivates innovation. The theory has novel empirical implications …
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The decision to cooperate within R&D joint ventures is often based on expert advice such advice typically originates in a due diligence process, which assesses the R&D joint ventures profitability, for example, by appraising the achievability of synergies. We show that if the experts who advise...
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I study how limited information and ex-post evaluation by third parties affect how regulators design approval rules for innovations. I consider a model in which the regulator designs approval rules to minimize criticism for approval errors and for imposing a costly approval process on innovating...
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I propose a theory of debt maturity as an incentive device to motivate innovation when contracts are fundamentally … partially insures the entrepreneur against failure and thus motivates innovation. The theory has novel empirical implications …
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This paper explores a new role for venture capitalists, as knowledge intermediaries. A venture capital investor can communicate valuable knowledge to an entrepreneur, facilitating innovation. The venture capitalist can also communicate the entrepreneur's innovative knowledge to other portfolio...
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