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流动性约束与保险的价值
Liquidity Constraints and the Value of Insurance
摘要
Liquidity Constraints and the Value of Insurance by Keith Marzilli Ericson and Justin Sydnor. Published in volume 18, issue 3, pages 426-53 of American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, August 2026, Abstract: Insurance moves resources across both time and states. We study the consumption-smoothing b...
中文摘要
保险在时间与状态两个维度上转移资源。本文在合同覆盖多个消费周期的模型中,研究了流动性约束下保险的消费平滑收益。流动性约束下保险需求的规范基准在定性与定量层面均不同于标准模型:个体可能仅以精算公平价格购买部分保险,可能在保费极高甚至有时处于劣势时仍从保险中获益,并且可能为必然发生的事件投保。通过健康保险的模拟分析,我们揭示了这些发现如何为流动性约束人群设计差异化的成本分摊方案提供洞见。(JEL D86, G21, G51, G52)