Asymmetric information in late 19th century cooperative insurance societies

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 270-292

  Gottlieb, Daniel ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Cooperative insurance; D82; G22; N21; Non firm organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247339761     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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