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Replacement Cost Endorsement and Opportunitic Fraud in Automobile Insurance

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  • Dionne, G.
  • Gagne, R.

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In this paper we have proposed a methodology to separate moral hazard from adverse selection.

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  • Dionne, G. & Gagne, R., 2000. "Replacement Cost Endorsement and Opportunitic Fraud in Automobile Insurance," Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Montreal- 00-01, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Montreal-Chaire de gestion des risques..
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    Keywords

    ASSURANCE AUTOMOBILE ; RISQUE MORAL;

    JEL classification:

    • D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
    • G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies

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