Fixed-Reimbursement Insurance: Basic Properties and Comparative Statics

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-218

  Eeckhoudt, Louis ^c   Mahul, Olivier ^a   Moran, John ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0242299194     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1539-6975.00056     Document Type: Article

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