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Author Kunreuther, Howard.

Title 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]
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 416 pages) : illustrations, maps
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 the War against the Weather and Other Extreme Events; Abbreviations; Glossary; Notes; References
Summary In this work, the authors deliver an analysis of how the US currently mitigates, insures against, and finances recovery from natural disasters
Analysis ECONOMICS/Environmental Economics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-392) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Disaster insurance -- United States
Emergency management -- United States
Risk management -- United States
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Insurance -- Property.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Insurance -- Casualty.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Insurance -- Risk Assessment & Management.
Disaster insurance
Emergency management
Risk management
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Michel-Kerjan, Erwann.
Doherty, Neil A.
LC no. 2008043058
ISBN 9780262255431
026225543X
0262012820
9780262012829
1282240277
9781282240278