Private Information and Insurance Rejections

Econometrica

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1713-1762

  Hendren, Nathaniel ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Insurance; Private information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899967870     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA10931     Document Type: Article

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