Reflections on U.S. Disaster Insurance Policy for the 21st Century
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JEL classification:
- G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
- H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
- H44 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Publicly Provided Goods: Mixed Markets
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2006-09-16 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-ENE-2006-09-16 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-FIN-2006-09-16 (Finance)
- NEP-IAS-2006-09-16 (Insurance Economics)
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