Preference Heterogeneity and Insurance Markets: Explaining a Puzzle of Insurance

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Published in:The American economic review 2008-05, Vol.98 (2), p.157-162
Main Authors: Cutler, David M., Finkelstein, Amy, McGarry, Kathleen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adverse selection
Annuities
Automobile insurance
Behavior
Consumer Behavior
Economics
Empirical Work on Asymmetric Information in Insurance Markets
Financial risk
Health insurance
Health insurance claims
Health Risk Behaviors
Households
Humans
Insurance
Insurance Coverage
Insurance markets
Insurance, Health - statistics & numerical data
Insurance, Life - statistics & numerical data
Insurance, Long-Term Care - statistics & numerical data
Insurance, Medigap - statistics & numerical data
Life insurance
Long term care insurance
Long term health care
Market theory
Medicare
Nursing homes
Preferences
Risk
Risk aversion
Term life insurance
United States
Variables
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ISSN:0002-8282
1944-7981
DOI:10.1257/aer.98.2.157