The design of an optimal insurance contract for irreplaceable commodities

GENEVA Risk and Insurance Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-21

  Huang, Rachel J ^a   Tzeng, Larry Y ^b  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Deductible; Fixed reimbursement insurance; Irreplaceable commodities; Optimal insurance contract

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750194804     PISSN: 1554964X     EISSN: 15549658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10713-006-9464-z     Document Type: Article

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