Letter: Consider the Consumer Side of the Market for Catastrophe Insurance

Gloria E. Helfand, University of Michigan

A Reader's Reaction to:
Should Governments Provide Catastrophe Insurance? by Dwight M. Jaffee and Thomas Russell.

Summary

Gloria Helfand argues that consumer misperception of risk or the availability of disaster relief may reduce consumer participation in a catastrophe insurance market.

Recommended Citation

Helfand, Gloria E. (2006) "Letter: Consider the Consumer Side of the Market for Catastrophe Insurance," The Economists' Voice: Vol. 3 : Iss. 6, Article 7.
DOI: 10.2202/1553-3832.1202
Available at: http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol3/iss6/art7

 
 
 
 

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