Insurance monopoly and renegotiation (*)

B-Tier
Journal: Economic Theory
Year: 1997
Volume: 9
Issue: 2
Pages: 341-354

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

The mechanism design problem of a monopoly insurer - faced with privately informed insurees - is considered. It is assumed that the insurer cannot commit not to renegotiate (by using the information that customer separa-tion reveals) before contracts are put into force. A solution is offered by modeling renegotiation-proofness in a framework inspired by Greenberg's theory of social situations. Maximizing profit within the set of renegotiation-proof outcomes always leads to a semi-separating outcome (i.e. neither full pooling nor full separation can occur) and may leave all low-risks as well as some of the high-risks self-insured.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:spr:joecth:v:9:y:1997:i:2:p:341-354
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-24