Insurability and Regulatory Reform: Is the English Flood Insurance Regime Able to Adapt to Climate Change?

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-182

  Huber, Michael ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1842486064     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0440.2004.00280.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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