Foundations of Economics (8th Edition)
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Author: Robin Bade, Michael Parkin
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The option that correctly explains the reason for arising of moral hazard in an insurance market.
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___ occurs when insurance companies structure plans that provide an incentive for healthier consumers to enroll while discouraging enrollment of higher-risk individuals a. Guaranteed renewability b. Cherry-picking c. Moral Hazard d. Asymmetric Information e. Adverse Selection
Because of the moral hazard problem,
a-the government has increased incentive to regulate insurance markets.
b-low-risk individuals do not choose insurance.
c-the costs of providing insurance decreases.
d-full insurance may no longer be efficient.
1)Describe an example of moral hazard that we may run into in the real world. Think of something that is legal and not inherently lethal, yet still demonstrates elevated risk for the participant who would likely act safer if insurance or protection was not available.
Explain why someone might take this risky action. What are the benefits to the risky behavior?
In your response to two of your peers, explain what an insurance company may do to reduce the likelihood that an individual would take this risk. Keep in mind, that we cannot always just deny coverage if an individual is participating in the risky behavior.
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- If people get higher pay from insurance than their premiums. Will this increase or decrease the death rate of average persons? Is this an example of moral hazard or adverse seletion? How will an insurance company deal with these problems?arrow_forward2. Below is a market for health insurance, with 5 people. Their expected costs, risk premiums, and willingness to pay for insurance are given. The average expected costs are 92. a.Suppose an insurance company offers a premium equal to 92. Determine who will buy and won't buy at that premium (top chart to fill in). Find the insurer's revenue, expenses and profit at that premium (bottom chart to fill in). Then repeat for the higher premiums in periods 2 and 3. Expected Risk Period 1 Willingness Premium to Pay 22 Period 2 Period 3 Costs Premium=$92 Premium=$130 Premium=$180 Person 1 20 2 Person 2 40 5 45 Person 3 80 15 95 Person 4 120 30 150 Person 5 200 60 260 Total 460 Mean 92 Insurer Revenue Insurer Expenses Profit a. Over time, what is happening to the number and type of people in the market for insurance, and what is happening to insurer profits? +arrow_forwardFor each of the following kinds of insurance, give anexample of behavior that reflects moral hazard andanother example of behavior that reflects adverseselection.a. health insuranceb. car insurancec. life insurancearrow_forward
- An insurance company suffers from adverse selection if Select one: a. Safe customers are less likely to insure than risky customers b. Customers know their willingness to pay for insurance but the company does not c. Its customers are risk averse d. Customers take on much greater risk because than insurearrow_forward31. You may be unwilling to buy a used car because you suspect the last owner found out the car was a lemon. You may treat a car you rented with a little less care than you'd use on your own car. a. Both examples primarily illustrate adverse selection. b. Both examples primarily illustrate moral hazard. c. The first example primarily illustrates adverse selection; the second primarily illustrates moral hazard. d. The first example primarily illustrates moral hazard; the second primarily illustrates adverse selection.arrow_forward30. The problem of moral hazard arises because a. life is full of all sorts of risks. b. after people buy insurance, they have less incentive to be careful about their risky behavio c. a high-risk person is more likely to apply for insurance than is a low-risk person. d. insurance companies go to great effort to avoid paying claims to their policy holders.arrow_forward
- Many people in the property and liability insurance industry complain about the “automobile problem.” The “automobile problem” consists of a series of interrelated problems. What factors have combined to produce a problem in the automobile insurance area?arrow_forwardBriefly explain what it means for information to be asymmetric. a. What is Moral Hazard? b. Identify and briefly explain three methods that insurance companies could use to off-set the moral hazard associated with their industry. c. What is Adverse Selection?arrow_forwardIndividuals will prefer to fully insure against a potential adverse event if A. individuals are risk-loving and insurance is priced at an actuarially fair rate. B. individuals are risk-averse and insurance is priced at an actuarially fair rate. C. individuals are risk-loving and insurance is priced above the actuarially fair rate. D. individuals are risk-averse and insurance is priced above the actuarially fair rate.arrow_forward
- a. If a pay-as-you-drive insurance program is being implemented to cope with automobile-related externalities associated with driving, what factors should be considered in setting the premium? b. Would you expect a private insurance company to take all these factors into account? Why or why not?arrow_forwardPeople drive faster when they have auto insurance. This is an example of: a. Adverse selection. b. Asymmetric information. c. Moral hazard.arrow_forward19-3. You sell bicycle theft insurance. If bicycle owners do not know whether they are high or low risk consumers. there an adverse selection problem?arrow_forward
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