Moral Hazard in Liability Insurance

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 448-471

  Parsons, Christopher ^a  

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EID: 0142087586     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0440.00236     Document Type: Review

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