Managing Catastrophic Risk Through Insurance and Securitization

In recent years, the magnitude of catastrophic property/casualty disaster risks has become a major topic of discussion. Managing catastrophic risk can be done through both insurance and securitization of the risk.

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Published in:	American journal of agricultural economics Vol. 83; no. 3; pp. 656 - 661
Main Author:	Mahul, Olivier
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malden Oxford University Press 01-08-2001 Blackwell Publishing Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects:	Agricultural economics Agricultural production Catastrophes Crop insurance Decomposition Disaster insurance Disaster relief Earthquake insurance Earthquakes G220 Hedging Idiosyncratic risk Insurance Insurance industry Insurance management Insurance policies Insurance pools Investment risk Markets for Agricultural Risk Insurance: Problems, Innovations and Incentives Morality Pricing Q140 Q270 Reinsurance Risk Risk management Risk sharing Risk theory Securitization Systemic risk G220 Q140 Q270
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Summary:	In recent years, the magnitude of catastrophic property/casualty disaster risks has become a major topic of discussion. Managing catastrophic risk can be done through both insurance and securitization of the risk.
Bibliography:	This paper was presented at the ASSA winter meetings (New Orleans, LA, January 2001). Papers in these sessions are not subjected to the journal's standard refereeing process. ark:/67375/HXZ-ZLDB7JNM-Q istex:8B32E6B4A18E482D55DBE06B8D9FFF1D63E13627 ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23
ISSN:	0002-9092 1467-8276
DOI:	10.1111/0002-9092.00186