Internalizing externalities of loss prevention through insurance monopoly: An analysis of interdependent risks

GENEVA Risk and Insurance Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-111

  Hofmann, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Externalities; Insurance monopoly; Nash equilibrium; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547524797     PISSN: 1554964X     EISSN: 15549658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10713-007-0004-2     Document Type: Article

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