Managing Catastrophic Risk

Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics

Volumn 3-3, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-59

  Kunreuther, H ^a   Heal, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral biases; Catastrophe bonds; Interdependencies; Multiyear insurance; Natural disasters; Nuclear risks; Protective decision making; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929287137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375067-9.00142-X     Document Type: Chapter

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