An empirical analysis of the economic impact of federal terrorism reinsurance

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 861-898

  Brown, Jeffrey R ^a,d   Cummins, J David ^b   Lewis, Christopher M ^c,e,f   Wei, Ran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Fitch Risk Management Inc   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Fitch Risk Management Inc   (United States)

^f Fitch Risk Management Inc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Event study; Insurance; Reinsurance; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344670155     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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