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self-insurance: a standalone construct

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self-insurance1 CONSTRUCTSelf-insuranceEHRLICH · HOUSEHOLD FINANCE

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Household finance

reducing the size of a loss oneself, as opposed to buying market insurance or lowering the chance a loss occurs.

In household finance, self-insurance refers to reducing the size of a loss oneself, as opposed to buying market insurance or lowering the chance a loss occurs. This meaning comes from Ehrlich (1972) in Journal of Political Economy.[1]

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References

  1. Ehrlich, I., & Becker, G. S. (1972). Market Insurance, Self-Insurance, and Self-Protection. Journal of Political Economy, 80(4), 623-648. https://doi.org/10.1086/259916

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