Self-protection and insurance with interdependencies

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-123

  Muermann, Alexander ^a   Kunreuther, Howard ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Externality; Insurance; Interdependencies; Self protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549095263     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-008-9033-1     Document Type: Article

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