This study investigates about the effects of world and trading-block insurance market liberalization. For this purpose, a computable general equilibrium (CGE is used. The model consists of 8 regions and 5 sectors. Except for the insurance and financial sectors, all other sectors are considered as perfectly competitive. To capture an imperfectly competitive structure, we assume that insurance firms with a non-competitive structure charge customers a price higher than their marginal cost. Then we estimate the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model under a perfectly competitive and imperfectly competitive structure. Comparing the results of moving toward liberalization (i.e. moving from an imperfectly competitive structure to a perfectly competitive one), we conclude that nations can gain from trade in insurance by taking progressive steps toward liberalization based on General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) commitments.
Ofoghi,R . (2016). An investigation about Insurance Liberalization
in a General Equilibrium Model Framework. Insurance Research, 1(1), 75-94. doi: 10.22054/irisk.2016.4894
MLA
Ofoghi,R . "An investigation about Insurance Liberalization
in a General Equilibrium Model Framework", Insurance Research, 1, 1, 2016, 75-94. doi: 10.22054/irisk.2016.4894
HARVARD
Ofoghi R. (2016). 'An investigation about Insurance Liberalization
in a General Equilibrium Model Framework', Insurance Research, 1(1), pp. 75-94. doi: 10.22054/irisk.2016.4894
CHICAGO
R Ofoghi, "An investigation about Insurance Liberalization
in a General Equilibrium Model Framework," Insurance Research, 1 1 (2016): 75-94, doi: 10.22054/irisk.2016.4894
VANCOUVER
Ofoghi R. An investigation about Insurance Liberalization
in a General Equilibrium Model Framework. Insurance Research. 2016;1(1):75-94 (In Persian). doi: 10.22054/irisk.2016.4894