TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kunreuther,Howard
AU  - Pauly,Mark V.
AU  - McMorrow,Stacey
TI  - Insurance and Behavioral Economics: Improving Decisions in the Most Misunderstood Industry 
SN  - 9780521845724 (hbk.)
AV  - HG8054.5 .K858 2013
U1  - 368 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Risk (Insurance)
KW  - Insurance
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Consumer behavior
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-307) and indexes; Machine generated contents note: 1. Purposes of this book; 2. An introduction to insurance in practice and theory; 3. Anomalies and rumors of anomalies; 4. Behavior consistent with benchmark models; 5. Real world complications; 6. Why people do or do not demand insurance; 7. Demand anomalies; 8. Descriptive models of insurance supply; 9. Anomalies on the supply side; 10. Design principles for insurance; 11. Strategies for dealing with insurance-related anomalies; 12. Innovations in insurance markets through multi-year contracts; 13. Publicly-provided social insurance
N2  - "This book examines the behavior of individuals at risk, insurance industry decision makers and policy makers involved in the selling, buying, and regulating of insurance"--
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012006486-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012006486-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012006486-t.html
ER  -