Auditing claims in the insurance market with fraud: the credibility issue
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The equilibrium of an insurance market where opportunistic fraud takes place is studied. The insurer-policyholder relationship becomes an incomplete information game when insurers fail to distinguish between honest policyholders and opportunists. The market equilibrium is thus dependent on whether insurers can credibly commit to their audit strategies or not. Results showed that a no commitment equilibrium gives rise to welfare loss for honest individuals. It was also shown that transferring monitoring costs to a budget-balanced common agency would decrease the commitment problem.
Publication Name: The Journal of Public Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0047-2727
Year: 1996
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Point-record driving licence and road safety: an economic approach
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The impact of implementing point system and withdrawal of driving license to check traffic violations is discussed.
Publication Name: The Journal of Public Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0047-2727
Year: 2007
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Creating countervailing incentives through the choice of instruments
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Efficiency of output and input incentive schemes in an agency model under adverse selection is examined.
Publication Name: The Journal of Public Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0047-2727
Year: 2000
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