We consider lifetime health insurance contracts in which ageing provisions are used to smooth the premium profile. The stock of capital accumulated for each individual can be split into two parts: a premium insurance and an annuitised life insurance, where the latter would be transferable...

Im langfristigen Zeithorizont der kapitalgedeckten Altersvorsorge kommt Kostenunterschieden zwischen verschiedenen Anlageformen große Bedeutung zu. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde das Kostenniveau von Rentenversicherungen und Investmentsparplänen, deren Guthaben bei Fälligkeit in eine...

We consider lifetime health insurance contracts in which ageing provisions are used to smooth the premium profile. The stock of capital accumulated for each individual can be split into two parts: a premium insurance and an annuitised life insurance, where the latter would be transferable...

Whole life insurance plays an important role in household saving. However, empirical evidence on its determinants is scarce. This paper studies two natural experiments to identify the effects of tax incentives and bequest motives on life-insurance demand. An unanticipated tax reform in 2000...

We consider lifetime health insurance contracts in which ageing provisions are used to smooth the premium profile. The capital stock accumulated for each individual can be decomposed into two parts: a premium insurance and an annuitised life insurance, only the latter being transferable between...

Im langfristigen Zeithorizont der kapitalgedeckten Altersvorsorge kommt Kostenunterschieden zwischen verschiedenen Anlageformen große Bedeutung zu. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde das Kostenniveau von Rentenversicherungen und Investmentsparplänen, deren Guthaben bei Fälligkeit in eine...