The government as reinsurer of catastrophe risks

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 369-390

  Bruggeman, Véronique ^a   Faure, Michael G ^a,b   Fiore, Karine ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UPCAM   (France)

Author keywords

catastrophe risks; compensation; public private partnership; reinsurance; state

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954923607     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/gpp.2010.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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