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Testing for Asymmetric Information Using 'Unused Observables' in Insurance Markets: Evidence from the U.K. Annuity Market [PDF]
This paper tests for asymmetric information in the U.K. annuity market of the 1990s by trying to identify 'unused observables,' attributes of individual insurance buyers that are correlated both with subsequent claims experience and with insurance demand
James Poterba, Amy Finkelstein
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Social welfare effects of annuitization in small open economies
The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper develops a theory of when annuitization improves or reduces social welfare. The analysis is based on a small open economy with exogenous prices, populated by overlapping generations of non‐altruistic agents. Annuities provide longevity risk insurance and above‐market returns, but also reduce accidental bequests that transfer ...
Tim D. Maurer
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Environmental Research LettersThe topic of biochar carbon removal (BCR), which refers to the pyrolysis of biomass, is increasingly being discussed as a potential solution for the long-term removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Clara Lenk +3 more
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Frontiers in PharmacologyBackgroundNew ways of reimbursement for high-cost, one-shot curative therapies such as advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) are a growing area of interest to stakeholders in market access such as industry representatives, legislative and ...
Thomas Desmet +7 more
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Annuity Prices and Saving Behavior in the United States [PDF]
The observed reluctance of most individuals in the United States to buy individual life annuities, and the concomitant approximately flat average age-wealth profile, stand in sharp contradiction to the standard life cycle model of consumption-saving ...
Benjamin M. Friedman, Mark Warshawsky
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Volume 48, Issue 3, Page 709-721, July 2026.ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte +2 more
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An empirical analysis of the annuity rate in Chile [PDF]
Empirical analyses of annuities markets have been limited to a few industrial countries and restricted by data limitations. Chile provides excellent conditions for research on annuities because of the depth of its market and the availability of data. The
Thorburn, Craig +2 more
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Demand for Life Annuities: a Brazilian Perspective [PDF]
BAR: Brazilian Administration Review, 2012 Because pension plans have been marketed using outdated technical premises, Brazilian insurance companies find themselves required to identify additional resources to ensure their ability to meet future benefit payments obligations. When calculating the
Thalita Amorim Vaz +2 more
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AIChE Journal, Volume 72, Issue 7, July 2026.Abstract In pharmaceutical industries, continuous manufacturing methods have already been well established to improve productivity and process intensification. However, to better understand the trade‐offs of continuous crystallizers over the existing batch production systems, a robust technoeconomic cost and sustainability analysis is necessary to ...
Jungsoo Rhim, Zoltan K. Nagy
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The Mexican pension annuity market [PDF]
This paper analyzes the performance and development of the Mexican pension annuity market established as a consequence of the 1997 pension reform. The Mexican experience displays interesting characteristics providing lessons for other countries that ...
Impavido, Gregorio
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