Insuring California earthquakes and the role for catastrophe bonds


Autoria(s): Penalva, José
Contribuinte(s)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa

Data(s)

15/09/2005

Resumo

The 1994 Northridge earthquake sent ripples to insurance conpanieseverywhere. This was one in a series of natural disasters such asHurricane Andrew which together with the problems in Lloyd's of Londonhave insurance companies running for cover. This paper presents a calibration of the U.S. economy in a model with financial markets forinsurance derivatives that suggests the U.S. economy can deal with thedamage of natural catastrophe far better than one might think.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10230/440

Idioma(s)

eng

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Palavras-Chave #Finance and Accounting #catastrophe bonds #eartquake insurance #calibration #survival analysis
Tipo

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