Economic criteria for compulsory insurance

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 149-168

  Faure, Michael G ^a,b,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Ius Commune Research School   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compulsory insurance; Information problems insolvency; Liability

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744455505     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510063     Document Type: Article

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