The efficient liability sharing factor for environmental disasters: Lessons for optimal insurance regulation

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 337-362

  Boyer, Marcel ^a   Porrini, Donatella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental insurance; Liability sharing; Moral hazard; Principal agent; Safety care

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849117263     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/gpp.2008.9     Document Type: Article

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