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UNINA9910458421703321 |
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Titolo |
The financing of catastrophe risk [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Kenneth A. Froot |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-22348-4 |
9786611223489 |
0-226-26625-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (490 p.) |
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Collana |
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A National Bureau of Economic Research project report |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Casualty insurance - United States |
Disaster insurance - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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A collection of papers written for this volume and for the conference, "The Financing of Property Casualty Risks," organized by the editor under the auspices of the National Bureau of Economic Research and its Insurance Program. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- National Bureau of Economic Research -- Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Insurer Demand for Catastrophe Reinsurance -- 2. Alternative Means of Redistributing Catastrophic Risk in a National Risk-Management System -- 3. Pricing Excess-of-Loss Reinsurance Contracts against Catastrophic Loss -- 4. Challenges Facing the Insurance Industry in Managing Catastrophic Risks -- 5. The Pricing of U.S. Catastrophe Reinsurance -- 6. Reinsurance for Catastrophes and Cataclysms -- 7. The Influence of Income Tax Rules on Insurance Reserves -- 8. Courting Disaster? The Transformation of Federal Disaster Policy since 1803 -- 9. The Moral Hazard of Insuring the Insurers -- 10. Index Hedge Performance: Insurer Market Penetration and Basis Risk -- 11. Panel Discussions -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Is it possible that the insurance and reinsurance industries cannot |
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