Trade credit insurance and asymmetric information problem. / Sokolovska, Olena.
In: Scientific Annals of Economics and Business, Vol. 64, No. 1, 2017, p. 123-137.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Trade credit insurance and asymmetric information problem
AU - Sokolovska, Olena
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The presence of different risk factors in international trade gives evidence of the necessity of support in gaps that may affect exporters' activity. To maximize the trade volumes and in the same time to minimize the exporters' risks the stakeholders use trade credit insurance. The paper provides analysis of conceptual background of the trade credit insurance in the world. We analyzed briefly the problems, arising in insurance markets due to asymmetric information, such as adverse selection and moral hazard. Also we discuss the main stages of development of trade credit insurance in countries worldwide. Using comparative and graphical analysis we provide a brief evaluation of the dynamics of claims and recoveries for different forms of trade credit insurance. We found that the claims related to the commercial risk for medium and long trade credits in recent years exceed the recoveries, while with the political risk the reverse trend holds. And we originally consider these findings in terms of information asymmetry in the trade credit insurance differentiated by type of risk.
AB - The presence of different risk factors in international trade gives evidence of the necessity of support in gaps that may affect exporters' activity. To maximize the trade volumes and in the same time to minimize the exporters' risks the stakeholders use trade credit insurance. The paper provides analysis of conceptual background of the trade credit insurance in the world. We analyzed briefly the problems, arising in insurance markets due to asymmetric information, such as adverse selection and moral hazard. Also we discuss the main stages of development of trade credit insurance in countries worldwide. Using comparative and graphical analysis we provide a brief evaluation of the dynamics of claims and recoveries for different forms of trade credit insurance. We found that the claims related to the commercial risk for medium and long trade credits in recent years exceed the recoveries, while with the political risk the reverse trend holds. And we originally consider these findings in terms of information asymmetry in the trade credit insurance differentiated by type of risk.
KW - Export credit
KW - International finance
KW - International trade
KW - Trade credit insurance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85018181679&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1515/saeb-2017-0008
DO - 10.1515/saeb-2017-0008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85018181679
VL - 64
SP - 123
EP - 137
JO - Scientific Annals of Economics and Business
JF - Scientific Annals of Economics and Business
SN - 2501-1960
IS - 1
ER -
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