The relationship between insurance and economic development: 85 empirical papers for a review of the literature

JF Outreville - Risk Management and Insurance Review, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this article is to propose a review of 85 empirical papers examining the
relationships between insurance and economic development, that is, the insurance‐growth …

An examination of the demand for life insurance

EN Zietz - Risk management and insurance Review, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
For almost 50 years researchers have sought to explain consumer behavior concerning the
purchase of life insurance. This study examines the literature relating to specific …

Adverse selection, bequests, crowding out, and private demand for insurance: evidence from the long-term care insurance market

FA Sloan, EC Norton - Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1997 - Springer
Adverse selection, moral hazard, and crowding out by public insurance have all been
proposed as theoretical reasons for why the market for private long-term care insurance has …

The impact of violent conflicts on households: What do we know and what should we know about war widows?

T Brück, K Schindler - Measuring Vulnerability in Develo** …, 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
This paper analyses how mass violent conflict and the legacy of conflict affect households in
develo** countries. It does so by pointing out how violent conflict impairs a household's …

Life insurance ownership by Italian households: A gender-based differences analysis

E Luciano, JF Outreville, M Rossi - The Geneva Papers on Risk and …, 2016 - Springer
The purpose of this study is to analyse, for men and women, the microeconomic
determinants of life insurance purchases. Indeed, only a few papers have tried to justify …

Household, personal, and financial determinants of surrender in Korean health insurance

H Shim, JY Min, YH Choi - Communications for Statistical …, 2021 - koreascience.kr
In insurance, the surrender rate is an important variable that threatens the sustainability of
insurers and determines the profitability of the contract. Unlike other actuarial assumptions …