Management of catastrophic risks considering the existence of early warning systems

Scandinavian Actuarial Journal

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-62

  Flores, Claudia ^a  

^a Swiss Life   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arrival process; Early warning system; Government; Risk reserve; Stochastic optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849094329     PISSN: 03461238     EISSN: 16512030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03461230701862848     Document Type: Article

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