Background UNcertainty and the Demand for Insurance Against Insurable Risks

Luigi Guiso and Tullio Jappelli ()

Working Papers from Banca Italia - Servizio di Studi

Abstract: Theory suggests that people facing higher uninsurable background risk buy more insurance against other risks that are insurable. This proposition is supported by Italian cross-sectional data. Its shown that the probability of purchasing casualty insurance increases with earnings uncertainty.

Keywords: INSURANCE; RISK (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G20 G22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43 pages
Date: 1996
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