Managing catastrophic risks through redesigned insurance: Challenges and opportunities

Handbook of Insurance: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 517-546

  Kunreuther, Howard ^a   Michel Kerjan, Erwann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0155-1_19     Document Type: Chapter

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