Nondiversification traps in catastrophe insurance markets

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 959-993

  Ibragimov, Rustam ^a,c   Jaffee, Dwight ^b   Walden, Johan ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60449104919     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhn021     Document Type: Article

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