Moral hazard in insurance claiming: Evidence from automobile insurance

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-50

  Cummins, J David ^a   Tennyson, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance fraud; Liability insurance; Moral hazard

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344456701     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00353329     Document Type: Article

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