Insurance decisions for low-probability losses

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-44

  Laury, Susan K ^a   McInnes, Melayne Morgan ^b   Todd Swarthout, J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiments; Insurance; Low probability hazards; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449100031     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-009-9072-2     Document Type: Article

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