Strategic price discrimination in compulsory insurance markets

GENEVA Risk and Insurance Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-97

  Buzzacchi, Luigi ^a   Valletti, Tommaso M ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equity; Insurance classification; Price discrimination; Variable insurance charges

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944519691     PISSN: 1554964X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10836-005-1110-7     Document Type: Review

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