Insurance decision-making and market behavior

Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 63-127

  Kunreuther, Howard ^a   Pauly, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 71449110627     PISSN: 15479846     EISSN: 15479854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0700000002     Document Type: Article

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