Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18773
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1409
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
The ability to share risk efficiently in the economy is essential to welfare and growth. However, the increased frequency of natural catastrophes over the last decade has raised once again questions associated to the limits of insurability in a free-market economy, and to the relevance of public interventions on risk-sharing markets. In this paper, we explore the potential reasons for the lack of insurance specifically associated to catastrophe environmental risks. Our final aim is to link each source of possible market inefficiency to its possible remedies.
JEL: 
D52
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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