Labor income risk and car insurance in the UK

GENEVA Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-74

  Koeniger, Winfried ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Background risk; Insurance; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142774884     PISSN: 09264957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GEPA.0000032566.45964.21     Document Type: Article

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