Modeling the "pseudodeductible" in insurance claims decisions

Management Science

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1258-1272

  Braun, Michael ^a   Fader, Peter S ^b   Bradlow, Eric T ^b   Kunreuther, Howard ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dirichlet process priors; Duration models; Insurance claims; Semiparametric Bayesian statistics; Underreporting

Indexed keywords

DIRICHLET PROCESS PRIORS; DURATION MODELS; INSURANCE CLAIMS; SEMIPARAMETRIC BAYESIAN STATISTICS; UNDERREPORTING;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICS;

INSURANCE;

EID: 33748298838     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0517     Document Type: Article

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