A Comparative study of public-private catastrophe insurance systems: Lessons from current practices

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-285

  Paudel, Youbaraj ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

damage mitigation; earthquake risk; flood risk; public private insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859603003     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/gpp.2012.16     Document Type: Article

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