Risk management in everyday insurance decisions: Evidence from a process tracing study

Risk, Decision and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-38

  Williamson, Janis ^a   Ranyard, Rob ^a   Cuthbert, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038671791     PISSN: 13575309     EISSN: 14664534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357530900000090     Document Type: Article

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