Property-casualty insurance guaranty funds and insurer vulnerability to misfortune

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1437-1456

  Lee, Soon Jae ^a   Smith, Michael L ^b  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

G22; G28; Guaranty funds; Risk shifting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041595453     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00013-8     Document Type: Article

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