On the tradeoff between the law of large numbers and oligopoly in insurance

Insurance: Mathematics and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-156

  Powers, Michael R ^a   Shubik, Martin ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance market games; Law of large numbers; Oligopoly

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032583018     PISSN: 01676687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6687(98)00024-9     Document Type: Article

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