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Tax Incentives and the Demand for Life Insurance: Evidence from Italy [PDF]
The theoretical literature suggests that taxation can have a large impact on household portfolio selection and allocation. In this paper we consider the tax treatment of life insurance, considering the cancellation of tax incentives in Italian life ...
Luigi Pistaferri, Tullio Jappelli
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.(a) The outstanding lubricative properties of natural articular cartilage arise from a composite coating composed of HA, lubricin, and phospholipids at its surface. Notably, lubricin facilitates the enrichment of synovial HA onto cartilage surfaces, and HA complexes with phospholipids, a key component to maintain extremely low friction under high ...
Yongan Lin +12 more
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Price Elasticity of Demand for Term Life Insurance and Adverse Selection [PDF]
This paper provides an empirical estimate of price' and risk' elasticities of demand for term life insurance for those who purchase some insurance. It finds that the elasticity with respect to changes in premiums is generally higher than the elasticity ...
Jean Lemaire +4 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A thiol‐modified alginate hydrogel microsphere‐encapsulated enzyme‐probiotic biohybrid (AKK‐COD) system has been developed to address the spatiotemporal delivery and colonization challenges of small intestine‐targeted probiotic for lipid metabolism regulation. The system exerts sequential functions of intragastric protection, small intestinal adhesion,
Xiaolin Wu +10 more
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Determinants of Life Insurance Demand in Ethiopia
, 2011 The Ethiopian insurance industry is experiencing encouraging growth since its inception in 1905; however, there is still low level insurance penetration equal to 0.2 % of GDP. The paper tries to explore the determinants of life insurance demand in Ethiopia using a time series data over the period of 1980-2009 within an error correction model.
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Influencers of life insurance investments – an empirical evidence from Europe [PDF]
, 2016 The main purpose of the study is to identify the economic, cultural and demographic determinants of life insurance consumption for 28 European countries.
Mitra, Aditi *
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia +4 more
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THE EVOLUTION OF INSURANCE MARKET IN ROMANIA [PDF]
Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2013 Insurance is the economic activity that individuals and businesses are threatened by some danger that, if it would cause damage to health or even life or they can destroy property, agree to remove the financial effects of possible losses transfer to ...
Florea Ianc Maria Mirabela +1 more
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