Pricing and capital allocation in catastrophe insurance

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 283-305

  Zanjani, George ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital allocation; Insurance; Insurance companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036698525     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(02)00141-1     Document Type: Article

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