Construction risks: Single versus portfolio insurance

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-8

  El Adaway, Islam H ^a   Kandil, Amr A ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Insurance; Options theory; Risk management

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; BOOTSTRAPPING METHOD; CALIFORNIA; CONSTRUCTION RISKS; DATA SETS; EXOTIC OPTION; IN-LINE; INDIVIDUAL RISKS; INSURANCE OPTION; INSURANCE POLICIES; INSURANCE PREMIUMS; LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS; MICROSOFT EXCEL; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NEW CONSTRUCTION; PORTFOLIO INSURANCE; RISK COVERAGE; RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS; RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; INSURANCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; SPREADSHEETS;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 73449099312     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2010)26:1(2)     Document Type: Article

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