insurance

Local firms producing prescription drugs for their domestic markets can be a resource for national health systems, but the range and quality of their products is constrained or encouraged by a complex structure of regulation that operates in different ways at the national and in…

This dissertation contributes to the literatures on climate extremes, climate change, and financial adaptation. In a developing world context, weather based index insurance is emerging as a potential financial adaptation for poor populations that have historically been excluded …

The main motivation for this study is the recognition of the fact that asymmetric information in the form of moral hazard and adverse selection results in sizeable efficiency losses. These costs are passed back to producers in the form of excessively high premium rates and also …

This dissertation examines the factors that affect the use and choice of health care facilities in Indonesia, a country in South East Asia that is currently implementing a social health insurance program. Policy makers believed that the expansion of insurance coverage would grea…

The construction industry is regarded not only as a backbone of the nation's economy but also as an integral indicator of its efficiency and effectiveness. However, as a result of the risks and complexities that are naturally inherent with construction projects as well as the di…

The thesis examines how the absence of insurance in the past led to some special maritime liability law principles such as 'general average' (i.e., losses or expenses shared by all the parties to a maritime adventure) and the limitation of shipowners' liability. In the absence o…

The Israeli Kibbutzim are thought-provoking organizations. In my dissertation, I identify an economic puzzle underlying the Kibbutzim's persistence, suggest an analytical approach that solves the puzzle, draw out the testable implications of that approach and then test those imp…