More on Insurance as a Giffen Good.

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
Year: 1989
Volume: 2
Issue: 4
Pages: 415-20

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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Abstract

In this article, we generalize the Hoy and Robson (1981) analysis and provide a necessary and sufficient condition for insurance not to be a Giffen good. The condition gives a bound for the variation of absolute risk aversion that permits the wealth effect to be always dominated by the substitution effect. Copyright 1989 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:kap:jrisku:v:2:y:1989:i:4:p:415-20
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
3
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2026-01-25