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Autore |
Kunreuther Howard |
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At war with the weather : managing large-scale risks in a new era of catastrophes / / Howard C. Kunreuther and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan with Neil A. Doherty [and others] |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-29152-5 |
1-282-24027-7 |
9786612240270 |
0-262-25543-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (439 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Michel-KerjanErwann |
DohertyNeil A |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Disaster insurance - United States |
Emergency management - United States |
Risk management - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I Cause for Concern; 1 A New Era of Catastrophes; 2 Catastrophe Risk and the Regulation of Property Insurance; 3 A Market Analysis of Property Insurance against Hurricane Risk; 4 Come Rain or Shine; II Understanding the Demand and Supply of Disaster Insurance; 5 Homeowners' Decision Making for Purchasing Insurance Coverage; 6 Private Insurers' Decision Making for Supplying Coverage; 7 Private Reinsurers' Decision Making for Supplying Coverage; 8 Innovative Insurance-Linked Securities for Financing Extreme Events |
9 A Framework for Linking Supply and Demand of Disaster Insurance10 A Multistate Empirical Analysis of Homeowners' Insurance; III Protecting Homeowners Against Natural Disasters; 11 Impact of Insurance Status on Economic Welfare of Homeowners in Hazard-Prone Areas; 12 Enhancing the Implementation of Risk Reduction Measures; 13 Policy Analysis of Alternative Programs; IV Creating Innovative Solutions; 14 Proposed Innovations for Dealing with Catastrophic Risks; 15 Winning |
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