Insurer stock price responses to Hurricane Floyd: An event study analysis using storm characteristics

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-407

  Ewing, Bradley T ^a   Hein, Scott E ^a   Kruse, Jamie Brown ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; HURRICANE EFFECTS; HURRICANES;

HURRICANE FLOYD; STORM CHARACTERISTICS;

METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

DISASTER; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FINANCIAL MARKET; HURRICANE; STORM;

EID: 33745831587     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF917.1     Document Type: Article

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