Do Japanese insurers benefit from A catastrophic event? Market reactions to the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji earthquake

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 92-108

  Yamori, Nabuyoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Takeshi ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake insurance; Event study; Gaining from loss; Hanshin Awaji earthquake; Japanese insurance companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036525394     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jjie.2001.0477     Document Type: Review

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