Experimental Tests of Self-Selection and Screening in Insurance Decisions

GENEVA Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-158

  Shapira, Zur ^a   Venezia, Itzhak ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Information asymmetry; Insurance markets; Screening; Self selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242274986     PISSN: 09264957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008737526974     Document Type: Article

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