The life insurance market: Asymmetric information revisited

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 1090-1097

  He, Daifeng ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Differential mortality; Health status; Life insurance; New buyers; Pricing factors; Private information; Risk classification; Sample selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249224555     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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