Search Results - "Kunreuther, Howard"

Redesigning Flood Insurance by Michel-Kerjan, Erwann, Kunreuther, Howard

“…Improved knowledge from a range of disciplines will be needed to price the much-needed financial products appropriately. Insurance and government assistance…”
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Political ideology affects energy-efficiency attitudes and choices by Gromet, Dena M., Kunreuther, Howard, Larrick, Richard P.

“…This research demonstrates how promoting the environment can negatively affect adoption of energy efficiency in the United States because of the political…”
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Adoption of Individual Flood Damage Mitigation Measures in New York City: An Extension of Protection Motivation Theory by Botzen, W. J. Wouter, Kunreuther, Howard, Czajkowski, Jeffrey, Moel, Hans

“…This study offers insights into factors of influence on the implementation of flood damage mitigation measures by more than 1,000 homeowners who live in…”
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On Risk and Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina by Daniels, Ronald J, Kettl, Donald F, Kunreuther, Howard, Gutmann, Amy

“…Named one of Planetizen's Top 10 Books of 2006 Hurricane Katrina not only devastated a large area of the nation's Gulf coast, it also raised fundamental…”
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Insuring large stakes: A normative and descriptive analysis of households' flood insurance coverage by Collier, Benjamin L., Schwartz, Daniel, Kunreuther, Howard C., Michel‐Kerjan, Erwann O.

“…Households' insurance coverage against severe losses is central to their financial resilience. Features of the US National Flood Insurance Program offer…”
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Policy Tenure Under the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by Michel-Kerjan, Erwann, Lemoyne de Forges, Sabine, Kunreuther, Howard

“…In the United States, insurance against flood hazard (inland flooding or storm surge from hurricanes) has been provided mainly through the National Flood…”
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The roles of reason and emotion in private and public responses to terrorism by Yan, Jubo, Kniffin, Kevin M., Kunreuther, Howard C., Schulze, William D.

“…This paper presents a set of laboratory experiments wherein participants are exposed to simulated terrorist attacks that allow us to examine the effect of…”
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Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative by Cutter, Susan L., Ahearn, Joseph A., Amadei, Bernard, Crawford, Patrick, Eide, Elizabeth A., Galloway, Gerald E., Goodchild, Michael F., Kunreuther, Howard C., Li-Vollmer, Meredith, Schoch-Spana, Monica, Scrimshaw, Susan C., Stanley, Ellis M., Whitney, Gene, Zoback, Mary Lou

“…Escalating disaster losses coupled with the increasing frequency of billion-dollar disaster events, such as the recent Hurricane Sandy, highlight some of the…”
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Risk Management Roles of the Public and Private Sector by Kousky, Carolyn, Kunreuther, Howard

“…Insurance is an essential component of household and community resilience. It protects insureds financially against disaster losses, can encourage investments…”
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Divergence between Individual Perceptions and Objective Indicators of Tail Risks: Evidence from Floodplain Residents in New York City by Botzen, W.J. Wouter, Kunreuther, Howard, Michel-Kerjan, Erwann

“…Abstract This study provides the first comprehensive analysis of individual perceptions of tail risks. It focuses not only on the probability, as has been…”
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Firms’ Management of Infrequent Shocks by COLLIER, BENJAMIN L., HAUGHWOUT, ANDREW F., KUNREUTHER, HOWARD C., MICHEL‐KERJAN, ERWANN O.

“…We examine businesses’ financial management of a rare, severe event using detailed firm‐level data collected following Hurricane Sandy in the New York area…”
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Aiding Decision Making to Reduce the Impacts of Climate Change by Kunreuther, Howard, Weber, Elke U.

“…Utilizing theory and empirical insights from psychology and behavioural economics, this paper examines individuals’ cognitive and motivational barriers to…”
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Rules rather than discretion: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina by Kunreuther, Howard, Pauly, Mark

“…This paper explores options for programs to be put in place prior to a disaster to avoid large and often poorly-managed expenditures following a catastrophe…”
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Corporate Demand for Insurance: New Evidence From the U.S. Terrorism and Property Markets by Michel-Kerjan, Erwann, Raschky, Paul, Kunreuther, Howard

“…Since the passage of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, corporate terrorism insurance is sold as a separate policy from commercial property coverage. In…”
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Goals and Plans in Decision Making by Krantz, David H, Kunreuther, Howard C

“…We propose a constructed-choice model for general decision making. The model departs from utility theory and prospect theory in its treatment of multiple goals…”
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Is imprecise knowledge better than conflicting expertise? Evidence from insurers' decisions in the United States by Cabantous, Laure, Hilton, Denis, Kunreuther, Howard, Michel-Kerjan, Erwann

“…This paper reports the results of the first experiment in the United States designed to distinguish between two sources of ambiguity: imprecise ambiguity…”
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Neglecting Disaster: Why Don't People Insure Against Large Losses? by KUNREUTHER, HOWARD, PAULY, MARK

“…This paper provides a theoretical explanation for the common observation that people often fail to purchase insurance against low-probability high-loss events…”
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Climate Change, Insurability of Large-Scale Disasters, and the Emerging Liability Challenge by Kunreuther, Howard C., Michel-Kerjan, Erwann O.

“…This Article focuses on the interaction between uncertainty and insurability in the context of some of the risks associated with climate change. It discusses…”
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Risk Management Solutions for Climate Change–Induced Disasters by Kunreuther, Howard

“…In honor of the 40th anniversary of Risk Analysis, this article suggests ways of linking risk assessment and risk perception in developing risk management…”
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The Role of Insurance in Reducing Losses from Extreme Events: The Need for Public–Private Partnerships by Kunreuther, Howard

“…This paper describes the challenges that consumers, insurers and insurance regulators face in dealing with insurance for low-probability, high-consequence…”
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