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Commentary on "Should the government provide insurance for catastrophes?"

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  • Dwight M. Jaffee, 2006. "Commentary on "Should the government provide insurance for catastrophes?"," Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, vol. 88(Jul), pages 381-386.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedlrv:y:2006:i:jul:p:381-386:n:v.88no.4
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    1. Samuelson, Paul A., 1967. "General Proof that Diversification Pays*," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 2(1), pages 1-13, March.
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    1. Thomas Url, 2008. "Wahrscheinlichkeits-Überschreitungskurven für Hochwasserkatastrophen in Österreich," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 34140.
    2. Franz Sinabell & Thomas Url, 2006. "Versicherungen als effizientes Mittel zur Risikotragung von Naturgefahren," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 28181.
    3. Joshua D. Woodard & Leslie J. Verteramo‐Chiu, 2017. "Efficiency Impacts of Utilizing Soil Data in the Pricing of the Federal Crop Insurance Program," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 99(3), pages 757-772, April.
    4. repec:hal:journl:hal-00536925 is not listed on IDEAS
    5. Joshua D. Woodard & Jing Yi, 2020. "Estimation of Insurance Deductible Demand Under Endogenous Premium Rates," Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 87(2), pages 477-500, June.
    6. Menna Hassan & Nourhan Sakr & Arthur Charpentier, 2022. "Government Intervention in Catastrophe Insurance Markets: A Reinforcement Learning Approach," Papers 2207.01010, arXiv.org.

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