Insurance, self-protection, and the economics of terrorism

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 1891-1905

  Lakdawalla, Darius ^a,b   Zanjani, George ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance; Self protection; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 23244450105     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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