Conditional payments and self-protection

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-172

  Liu, Liqun ^a   Rettenmaier, Andrew J ^a   Saving, Thomas R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional payment; Contingent fee; Insurance; Risk aversion; Self protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349244343     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-009-9064-2     Document Type: Article

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