National self-insurance and self-protection against adversity: Bureaucratic management of security and moral hazard

Economics of Governance

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-122

  Ihori, Toshihiro ^a   McGuire, Martin C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuarially fair condition; Inferior goods; Public goods; Self insurance; Self protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955850676     PISSN: 14356104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10101-010-0073-z     Document Type: Article

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