asymmetric information in iran’s insurance market: case study for automobile insurance in iran insurance companythis research aims to test the presence of asymmetric information by using the dynamic information of automobile policyholders in the iran insurance company (iic). the conditional independence test is conducted by bivariate probit model, the dynamic properties which are presented for ...

in 2014, a series of reforms, called as the health sector evolution plan (hsep), was launched in the health system of iran in a stepwise process. hsep was mainly based on the fifth 5-year health development national strategies (2011-2016). it included different interventions to: increase population coverage of basic health insurance, increase quality of care in the ministry of health and medica...

development of technology and communications, especially emergence of the internet as well as states’ inclination to achieve a harmonized protection of intellectual property rights in international level in the last three decades, have brought a new perspectives on international jurisdiction and recognition and enforcement of judgments in the field of intellectual property rights. the most impo...

PROBLEM/CONDITION In 2009, before passage of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), approximately 20% of women aged 18-64 years had no health insurance coverage. In addition, many women experienced transitions in coverage around the time of pregnancy. Having no health insurance coverage or experiencing gaps or shifts in coverage can be a barrier to receiving preventive healt...

Numerous investigations have been directed toward aspects of rational life insurance purch&es and optimal coverage levels under differing conditions. Most of these studies have taken as "given" the design of life insurance contracts and have focused on optimal consumer responses to available insurance opportunities.' However, in works by Borch (1960, 1983), Arrow (1963, 1974) and Raviv (1979), ...

Background: To assess determinants of willingness to pay for community health insurance among commercial motorcyclists (Boda Boda riders) in Kampala City. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional research was done. A sample of commercial motorcyclists’ stages were purposively selected. Simple random sampling was used to select respondents at each stage.  Structured interviews and contingency val...

Business method patents are a viable strategic weapon when used to protect intellectual property. At the same time, studies have shown that coverage of intellectual property in the IS curriculum is lacking. This paper suggests the use of a research assignment in IS courses that can help students understand the use of patents as a competitive strategy. Background material is provided for instruc...

intellectual property law is premised traditionally on the protection of inventions (patent), literary and artistic property (copyright), and signs (trade mark); and sui generis rights, such as design law, stand outside this framework and are constantly questioned and re-shaped the fashion industry is an intellectual property (ip) intensive industry, continually generating and commercially expl...

background : participation of iranian women with a family history of breast cancer in breast cancer screening programs is low.this study evaluates compliance of women having a family history of breast cancer with clinical breast exam (cbe) according to stage of trans theoretical model (ttm) and health belief model (hbm).material and methods : in this cross-sectional study, we used persian versi...