Research Handbook on the Economics of Insurance Law

PART I WHY AND HOW DO CONSUMERS PURCHASE INSURANCE?
1. Behavioral Economics and Insurance: Principles and Solutions Howard C. Kunreuther and Mark V. Pauly
2. Insurance Agents in the 21st Century: The Problem of Biased Advice Daniel Schwarcz and Peter Siegelman
3. The Income Transfer Effect in Health Insurance Contracts That Pay Off by Reducing Price John Nyman
4. Does The Theory of Insurance Support Awarding Pain and Suffering Damages in Torts? Ronen Avraham

PART II THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN INSURANCE MARKETS
5. "Social Insurance," Risk Spreading, and Redistribution James Kwak
6. Classification Risk and Its Regulation Kenneth S. Abraham and Pierre-Andre Chiappori
7. Disaster Insurance Dwight Jaffee
8. US Healthcare Reform Scott E. Harrington

PART III INSURANCE REGULATION
9. Insurance Solvency Regulation: A New World Order? Robert W. Klein and Elizabeth F. Brown
10. Economics of State v. Federal Regulation Martin Grace

PART IV COURTS AND INSURANCE
11. Mandatory Rules and Default Rules in Insurance Contracts Tom Baker and Kyle D. Logue
12. The Law and Economics of Insurance Bad Faith Liability Daniel Asmat and Sharon Tennyson
13. Settlement Conflict as Artificial Collective-Action Problem Richard Squire
14. Basic Economics of the Defense of Covered Claims Charles Silver
15. The Law and Economics of Liability Insurance: A Theoretical and Empirical Review (reprinted from Research Handbook on The Economics of Torts) Jennifer Arlen, Tom Baker and Peter Siegelman

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