- Docente: Francesco Paolucci
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/03
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Law, Economics and Governance (cod. 5811)
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from Apr 15, 2024 to May 20, 2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of the module, students: - have knowledge of law and economics theories applied to insurance and social insurance markets and have insights on national, international and comparative case studies; - know how to utilize quantitative and qualitative information to analyze the impact of regulatory instruments on the efficiency of insurance and social insurance markets design, and critically develop proposals for optimal policy design.
Course contents
Course contents
1) Market failures in health insurance:
a) Adverse selection b) Moral hazard c) Other inefficiencies
2) Economic rationales for government intervention and redistribution
3) Insurance design and payment systems
4) Regulatory intervention and the pubblic/private mix in health insurance
5) Comparative social insurance markets
Readings/Bibliography
- Titolo: Health Care Financing and Insurance: Options for Design
- Autore: Francesco Paolucci [http://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/books-author_paolucci+francesco-francesco_paolucci.htm]
- Editore: Springer [http://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/books-publisher_Springer-springer.htm]
- Data di Pubblicazione: January 2013
- ISBN: 3642265855
Teaching methods
Personal computer and slide projector
Assessment methods
Written exam and class presentations
Office hours
See the website of Francesco Paolucci