Optimal insurance contracts without the non-negativity constraint on indemnities: Revisited

GENEVA Risk and Insurance Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-9

  Breuer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Co insurance; Deductible; Indemnity; Optimal insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750167107     PISSN: 1554964X     EISSN: 15549658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10713-006-9463-0     Document Type: Article

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