Economic catastrophe bonds

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 628-666

  Coval, Joshua D ^a   Jurek, Jakub W ^b   Stafford, Erik ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68049103951     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.3.628     Document Type: Article

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