Propitious Selection

… a core term used in Economic Analysis and Atlas102

Definition

David Hemenway (reference below) defines propitious selection as occurring when risk-avoiding personalities both take physical precautions and buy financial security (insurance).

Atlas topic, subject, and course

Asymmetric Information, Signaling, and Game Theory (core topic) in Economic Analysis and Atlas102 Economic Analysis.

Sources

David Hemenway (1992), Propitious Selection in Insurance, Journal of Risk and Security, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 247-251, abstract at http://www.jstor.org/stable/41760665?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents, accessed 10 May 2016.

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