Developments in risk and insurance economics: The past 50 years

Henri Loubergé () and Georges Dionne ()
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Henri Loubergé: Université de Genève

No 24-1, Working Papers from HEC Montreal, Canada Research Chair in Risk Management

Abstract: The chapter reviews the evolution in risk and insurance economics over the past 50 years, first recalling the situation in 1973, then presenting the developments and new approaches that have flourished since then. We argue that these developments were only possible because steady advances were made in the economics of risk and uncertainty and in financial theory. Insurance economics has grown in importance to become a central theme in modern economics, providing not only practical examples and original data to illustrate new theories, but also inspiring new ideas that are relevant to the overall economy.

Keywords: Insurance economics; optimal insurance protection; optimal self-protection; insurance pricing; insurance demand; economics of risk and uncertainty; financial economics; risk management; asymmetric information; insurance markets; climate finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A33 B15 D10 D20 D80 D82 G22 G32 G52 L22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 100 pages
Date: 2024-01-31
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