Non-convexities and the efficiency of equilibria in insurance markets with asymmetric information

Economics Letters

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-40

  Dionne, Georges ^a   Fombaron, Nathalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; Insurance; Non convexities; Optimality; Prudence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030305827     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1765(96)00847-6     Document Type: Article

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