Extreme events, global warming, and insurance-linked securities: How to trigger the "tipping point"

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-176

  Michel Kerjan, Erwann ^a,b   Morlaye, Frederic ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c Tour Ariane   (France)

Author keywords

Catastrophe risk financing; Climate change; Derivatives catastrophe bonds; Hedging vehicles; Insurance linked securities; Sidecars

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949155178     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510159     Document Type: Article

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