Some Current Insurance Markets Are Troubled by the Presence of Systematic Risk Or by the Inability of the Parties to Specify the Distribution for Aggregate Loss. Such Circumstances Partly Characterise the Topical "Liability Insurance Crisis". We Compare the Performance of Alternative Vehicles...

In 1972, Dreze and Modigliani Generalized the Line of Research Initiated by Leland [5] and Sandmo [8] on the Effects of Income Risk on Consumption. They Gave Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Consumption to Decrease Under Income Risk. However, They Did Not Cover Extensively the Case of...

In This Paper, We Present a Critical Review of the Main Characteristics of the Automobile Insurance Regime in Quebec, Emphasizing Both the Compensation and the Pricing of Insurance. Moreover, We Present a Recommendation in Order to Improve the Classification of Risks and to Increase Incentives...

Although Insurers Face Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard When They Set Insurance Contracts, These Two Types of Asymmetrical Information Have Been Given Separate Treatments Sofar in the Economic Literature. This Paper Is a First Attempt to Integrate Both Problems Into a Single Model. We Show How...

Ce Document Presente Trois Experiences Faites Pour Tester les Predictions des Principaux Modeles de la Theorie des Jeux Qui Analysent les Consequences de L'attitude Envers le Risque Sur L'issue de la Negociations. les Resultats Confirment Modestement les Predictions de Ces Modeles. Ils Suggerent...

'A New Idea Does Not Come Forth in Its Mature Scientific Form. It Contains Logical Ambiguities Or Errors; the Evidence on Which It Rests Is Incomplete Or Indecisive; and Its Domain of Application Is Exaggerated in Certain Directions and Overlooked in Others', Wrote Stigler (1965, P.14) in One of...