Estimation of insurance premiums for coverage against natural disaster risk: An application of Bayesian Inference

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 737-754

  Paudel, Y ^a   Botzen, W J W ^a   H Aerts, J C J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; INSURANCE SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NATURAL DISASTER; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

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EID: 84875706586     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-737-2013     Document Type: Article

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