Arbeitspapier

Uncertainty of Governmental Relief and the Crowding out of Insurance

This paper discusses the problem of crowding out of insurance by co-existing governmental relief programs - so-called 'charity hazard' - in a context of different institutional schemes of governmental relief in Austria and Germany. We test empirically whether an assured partial relief scheme (as in Austria) drives a stronger crowding out of private insurance than a scheme promising full relief which is subject to ad hoc political decision making (as in Germany). Our general finding is that the institutional design of governmental relief programs significantly affects the demand for private natural hazard insurance.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Papers in Economics and Statistics ; No. 2010-03

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
Thema
Insurance demand
governmental relief
natural hazards
Naturkatastrophe
Katastrophenhilfe
Elementarschadenversicherung
Nachfrage
Deutschland
Österreich

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Raschky, Paul A.
Schwarze, Reimund
Schwindt, Manijeh
Zahn, Ferdinand
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Innsbruck, Department of Public Finance
(wo)
Innsbruck
(wann)
2010

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Raschky, Paul A.
  • Schwarze, Reimund
  • Schwindt, Manijeh
  • Zahn, Ferdinand
  • University of Innsbruck, Department of Public Finance

Entstanden

  • 2010

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