Why firms purchase property insurance

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 298-312

  Aunon Nerin, Daniel ^a   Ehling, Paul ^b  

^a Union Bank of Switzerland   (Switzerland)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Corporate risk management; Property insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349170753     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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