Great (and not so great) expectations: An endogenous economic explication of insurance cycles and liability crises

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 617-652

  Lai, Gene C ^a   Witt, Robert C ^b   Fung, Hung Gay ^c   MacMinn, Richard D ^d   Brockett, Patrick L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d University of Texas ^*

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EID: 0039179549     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/253853     Document Type: Article

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