The Role of Government Contracts in Discretionary Reinsurance Markets for Natural Disasters

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 567-597

  Lewis, Christopher M ^a   Murdock, Kevin C ^b  

^a Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001761317     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/253472     Document Type: Article

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