Insurance Intermediation An Economic Analysis of the Information Services Market /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Eckardt, Martina (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2007.
• Σειρά: Contributions to Economics,
• Θέματα: Industrial organization.; Macroeconomics.; Social policy.; Economics.; Industrial Organization.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Social Policy.

Insurance intermediaries can help consumers to economize on information and transaction costs in insurance markets. However, competing intermediaries provide heterogeneous information services, which are difficult to assess by incompletely informed consumers. Conduct and performance in the market fo...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Intermediaries in the Insurance Market
• An Economic Explanation of Insurance Intermediation
• Competition between Insurance Intermediaries
• The Market for Insurance Intermediation in Germany
• Conclusions.