Monopoly, Non-linear Pricing, and Imperfect Information: A Reconsideration of the Insurance Market

Dezsoe Szalay

The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) from University of Warwick, Department of Economics

Abstract: I reconsider Stiglitz's (1977) problem of monopolistic insurance with a continuum of types. Using a suitable transformation of control variables I obtain an analytical characterization of the optimal insurance policies. Closed form solutions and comparative statics results for special cases are provided.

Keywords: nonlinear pricing; screening; risk aversion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2008
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