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Law and the Determinants of Property-Casualty Insurance


Neil Esho


Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

Ralf Zurbruegg


University of Adelaide

Anatoly Kirievsky


University of New South Wales (UNSW) - School of Banking and Finance

Damian R. Ward


University of Bradford
June 2001

APRA Working Paper No. 2001-08

Abstract:     
This paper examines the importance of legal rights and enforcement in influencing property-casualty insurance consumption. We extend the existing literature by examining the role both legal and political factors have on determining insurance density across countries. Also, measures of risk aversion, loss probability and price, which overcome limitations of proxies used in the existing literature on insurance demand are analysed. Using a panel data set we apply the GMM dynamic system estimator, which relaxes the assumption of strict exogeneity of the regressors and produces unbiased and efficient estimates. The results show a strong positive relationship between the protection of property rights and insurance consumption, which is robust to various model specifications and estimation techniques. Moreover, the results show the purchase of nonlife insurance is significantly and positively related to risk aversion, loss probability and income, and negatively related to price.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 35

Keywords: Insurance, Property Rights, Law

JEL Classification: G22, K11, K40

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Date posted: August 13, 2001  

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Esho, Neil, Zurbruegg, Ralf, Kirievsky, Anatoly and Ward, Damian R., Law and the Determinants of Property-Casualty Insurance (June 2001). APRA Working Paper No. 2001-08. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=279331 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.279331

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Neil Esho (Contact Author)
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ( email )
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Sydney, New South Wales 2052
Australia
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Ralf Zurbruegg
University of Adelaide ( email )
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Australia
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Anatoly Kirievsky
University of New South Wales (UNSW) - School of Banking and Finance ( email )
Sydney, NSW 2052
Australia
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Damian Ward
University of Bradford ( email )
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Bradford BD9 4JL, West Yorkshire
United Kingdom
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