Insurance as cornerstone for public-private sector partnerships

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 126-136

  Kunreuther, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC RISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; INSURANCE POLICIES; NEW FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; PUBLIC-PRIVATE;

BUILDING CODES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INSURANCE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HAZARDS;

EID: 9144268298     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2000)1:2(126)     Document Type: Article

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