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Risk Preferences and Flood Insurance
Author(s) -
Attanasi E. D.,
Karlinger M. R.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1239435
Subject(s) - flood myth , flood insurance , risk aversion (psychology) , willingness to pay , population , actuarial science , econometrics , economics , geography , business , expected utility hypothesis , microeconomics , financial economics , demography , archaeology , sociology
A detailed theoretical model characterizing the individual's decision to purchase flood insurance is specified and the magnitude of the risk parameter is estimated using data based on transactions of flood insurance purchases. Empirical results for several samples of this subset of the general population indicated that consumers exhibited a relatively uniform degree of risk aversion across various localities where different hydrologic and economic conditions prevailed. While the estimates presented should not be directly extrapolated to the entire population located in a flood prone area, they provide evidence that parameters determining an individual's and/or community's willingness to pay for flood protection can be measured.

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