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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Economics & Management Strategy Année : 2017

Prevention incentives in long-term insurance contracts

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Long-term insurance contracts are widespread, particularly in public health and the labor market. Such contracts typically involve monthly or annual premia which are related to the insured's risk profile. A given profile may change, based on observed outcomes which depend on the insured's prevention efforts. The aim of this paper is to analyze the latter relationship. In a two-period optimal insurance contract in which the insured's risk profile is partly governed by her effort on prevention, we find that both the insured's risk aversion and prudence play a crucial role. If absolute prudence is greater than twice absolute risk aversion, moral hazard justifies setting a higher premium in the first period but also greater premium discrimination in the second period. This result provides insights on the trade-offs between long-term insurance and the incentives arising from risk classification, as well as between inter- and intragenerational insurance.

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hal-01589993 , version 1 (19-09-2017)

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Renaud Bourlès. Prevention incentives in long-term insurance contracts. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2017, 26 (3), pp.661--674. ⟨10.1111/jems.12196⟩. ⟨hal-01589993⟩
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