Can Investment Views Explain Why People Insure Their Cell Phones But Not Their Homes?—A New Perspective on the Catastrophe Insurance Puzzle
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catastrophe insurance puzzle; insurance demand for low-probability events; investment view; risk aversion; biases in risk perception;All these keywords.
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