Optimal contracts under adverse selection for staple goods such as energy: Effectiveness of in-kind insurance
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- Corinne Chaton & Clémence Alasseur & Emma Hubert, 2022. "Optimal contracts under adverse selection for staple goods such as energy: Effectiveness of in-kind insurance," Post-Print halshs-03983355, HAL.
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Contract theory; Adverse selection; In-kind insurance; Fuel poverty; Calculus of variations;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
- D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
- G52 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - Insurance
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