Environmental Risk Management for Developing Countries

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 196-214

  Freeman, Paul K ^a,b   Kunreuther, Howard ^c,d  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Decision Processes Center   (United States)

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EID: 0347303336     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0440.00164     Document Type: Article

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