Community rating, cross subsidies and underinsurance: Why so many households in Japan do not purchase earthquake insurance

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 544-561

  Naoi, Michio ^a   Seko, Miki ^a   Sumita, Kazuto ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA SEIRYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross subsidization; Earthquake insurance; Japan; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861639313     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-009-9224-9     Document Type: Article

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