Analyzing the Demand for Deductible Insurance

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-230

  Meyer, Jack ^b   Ormiston, Michael B ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Deductible insurance; Second order conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033422641     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007899711255     Document Type: Article

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