La Crema: A case study of mutual fire insurance

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 425-458

  Cabrales, Antonio ^a   Calvó Armengol, Antoni ^b   Jackson, Matthew O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE; INSURANCE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0037530231     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/367680     Document Type: Article

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