Centro de Documentación de Fundación MAPFRE - Insurance in a market for credence goods

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Insurance in a market for credence goods / Kai Sülzle, Achim Wambach

This article study the impact of variations in the degree of insurance on the amount of fraud in a physician-patient relationship. In a market for credence goods, where prices are regulated by an authority, physician act as experts. Due to their informational advantage, physicians have an incentive to cheat by pretending to perform inappropriately high treatment levels leading to over-charging patients

En: The Journal of risk and insurance. - Orlando. - Volume 72, number 1, March 2005 ; p. 159-176

1. Fraude en el seguro . 2. Modelos de análisis . 3. Modelos matemáticos . I. Wambach, Achim . II. Título. III. Título: The Journal of risk and insurance.