Heterogeneity, demand for insurance and adverse selection
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heterogeneity; adverse selection; risk perceptions; welfare and policy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
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