Catastrophe Insurance, Capital Markets, and Uninsurable Risks

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-230

  Jaffee, Dwight M ^a   Russell, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0000247677     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/253729     Document Type: Article

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