Changes in background risk and the demand for insurance

GENEVA Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-40

  Meyer, Donald J ^a   Meyer, Jack ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Background risk; Coinsurance; Deductibles; Stochastic dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742334205     PISSN: 09264957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008625829817     Document Type: Article

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