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

Dezsoe Szalay

No 269861, Economic Research Papers from University of Warwick - Department of Economics

Abstract: I reconsider Stiglitzís (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: Demand and Price Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22
Date: 2008-09-11
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.269861

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