Redistributional effects of the national flood insurance program

Public Finance Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 360-380

  Bin, Okmyung ^a   Bishop, John A ^a   Kousky, Carolyn ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Departure from proportionality; NFIP; Progressivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859588931     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: 15527530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142111432448     Document Type: Article

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