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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1007/s10640-012-9586-y
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Titel (primär) Uncertainty of governmental relief and the crowding out of flood insurance
Autor Raschky, P.A.; Schwarze, R.; Schwindt, M.; Zahn, F.
Quelle Environmental & Resource Economics
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
Department OEKON
Band/Volume 54
Heft 2
Seite von 179
Seite bis 200
Sprache englisch
Keywords Insurance demand; Governmental relief; Natural hazards
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Abstract This paper discusses the problem of crowding out of insurance by co-existing governmental relief programs—the so-called ‘charity hazard’—in the context of different institutional schemes of governmental disaster relief in Austria and Germany. We test empirically whether an assured partial relief scheme (as in Austria) drives a stronger crowding out of private insurance than a scheme promising full relief which is subject to ad-hoc political decision making (as in Germany). Our general finding is that the institutional design of governmental relief programs significantly affects the demand for private natural hazard insurance.

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Raschky, P.A., Schwarze, R., Schwindt, M., Zahn, F. (2013):
Uncertainty of governmental relief and the crowding out of flood insurance
Environ. Resour. Econ. 54 (2), 179 - 200 10.1007/s10640-012-9586-y