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On Optimal Insurance in the Presence of Moral Hazard*

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  • Edi Karni

    (Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Mergenthaler Hall 469, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, U.S.A.)

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This paper expounds on the importance of identifiabilty of subjective probabilities in agency theory with moral hazard. An application to insurance is examined. The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review (2008) 33, 1–18. doi:10.1057/grir.2008.7

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  • Edi Karni, 2008. "On Optimal Insurance in the Presence of Moral Hazard*," The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (The Geneva Association), vol. 33(1), pages 1-18, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:genrir:v:33:y:2008:i:1:p:1-18
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    1. Edi Karni, 2009. "A Theory of Bayesian Decision Making," EIEF Working Papers Series 0904, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF), revised May 2009.
    2. Lu, Zhiyi & Meng, Shengwang & Liu, Leping & Han, Ziqi, 2018. "Optimal insurance design under background risk with dependence," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 15-28.

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