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Insurance and Insurance Markets [PDF]
Abstract Kenneth Arrow and Karl Borch published several important articles in the early 1960s that can be viewed as the beginning of modern economic analysis of insurance activity. This chapter reviews the main theoretical and empirical contributions in insurance economics since that time.
Scott E. Harrington, Georges Dionne
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Key Points Question Was the receipt of unemployment insurance and a $600/wk federal supplement to unemployment insurance associated with reduced food insecurity among people in low- and middle-income households who lost work during the coronavirus ...
J. Raifman+2 more
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IntroductionLong-term care hospitals are known to be vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection and death given their numerous older chronic disease patients. However, the actual effect of long-term care hospital admission is not well known in Korea; hence, this
Jeong-Yeon Seon+3 more
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Risk for metabolic syndrome in the population with visceral fat area measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis [PDF]
Background/Aims To investigate whether visceral fat area (VFA) measured by bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA) was associated with metabolic syndrome in subjects with and without obesity.
Han Ho Jeon+5 more
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Examining the level and inequality in health insurance coverage in 36 sub-Saharan African countries
Introduction Low/middle-income countries (LMICs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are increasingly turning to public contributory health insurance as a mechanism for removing financial barriers to access and extending financial risk protection to the ...
E. Barasa+3 more
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This chapter proposes a novel contract, dubbed “anti-insurance,” that perfectly solves the paradox of compensation. Breach of contract by the promisor poses a risk of loss to the promisee. With anti-insurance, promisor's liability for breach is 100 percent and promisee's compensation is 0 percent, as required for efficient incentives. The chapter first
Cooter, Robert, Porat, Ariel
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Based on a data set of 91 papers and 22 industry studies, we analyse the impact of artificial intelligence on the insurance sector using Porter’s (1985) value chain and Berliner’s (1982) insurability criteria.
M. Eling, Davide Nuessle, Julian Staubli
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Life insurers use reinsurance to move liabilities from regulated and rated companies that sell policies to shadow reinsurers, which are less regulated and unrated off-balance-sheet entities within the same insurance group. U.S. life insurance and annuity liabilities ceded to shadow reinsurers grew from $11 billion in 2002 to $364 billion in 2012.
Koijen, R, Yogo, M
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Evaluation of economic variables on pension fund performance of selected countries [PDF]
Since pension funds are part of the social security system and have a socio-economic function, in order to maintain the value of the insured's savings, they should invest them, which will have a direct relationship with the money market and the capital ...
Mitra Ghanbarzadeh+2 more
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Background Almost all Koreans are covered by mandatory national health insurance and are required to undergo health screening at least once every 2 years.
Chansik An+6 more
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