Background uncertainty and the demand for insurance against insurable risks

GENEVA Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-27

  Guiso, Luigi ^a   Jappelli, Tullio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c CEPR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Background risk; Insurance; Prudence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037861251     PISSN: 09264957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008621712979     Document Type: Article

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