Guaranteed renewability uniquely prevents adverse selection in individual health insurance

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-139

  Pauly, Mark V ^a   Menzel, Kai ^b   Kunreuther, Howard ^a   Hirth, Richard A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Equilibrium; Guaranteed renewability; Health insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052047135     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-011-9124-2     Document Type: Article

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