Law versus Economics? How should insurance intermediaries influence the insurance demand decision
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Keywords
insurance; insurance intermediation; advice; liability; Insurance Contract Act;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- D89 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Other
- K29 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Other
- K40 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IAS-2014-06-28 (Insurance Economics)
- NEP-LAW-2014-06-28 (Law and Economics)
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