Catastrophe bonds and financial risk: Securing capital and rule through contingency

Geoforum

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-40

  Johnson, Leigh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Catastrophe bonds; Contingency; Financialization; Insurance; Risk

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CONTINGENT VALUATION; FINANCIAL SERVICES; INSURANCE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84873995301     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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