Howard Kunreuther

University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center

Co-Director

3819 Chestnut Street

Suite 130

Philadelphia, PA 19104

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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Scholarly Papers (72)

1.

Framing, Probability Distortions, and Insurance Decisions

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1993
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 29 Jun 2009
Eric J. Johnson, John C. Hershey, Jacqueline Meszaros, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Marketing, University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department, affiliation not provided to SSRN and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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insurance decisions, biases, probability distortions, framing

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Availability Heuristic and Gambler's Fallacy over Time in a Natural Disaster Insurance Choice Setting

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Jun 2016
Haitao Yin, Jingqiu Chen, Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management
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Experiment in China, Availability Heuristic, Gambler's Fallacy, Natural Disaster, Insurance Demand

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Flood Risk and the U.S. Housing Market

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 31 Jul 2019
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther, Susan M. Wachter, Carolyn Kousky and Michael LaCour-Little
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School, Department of Real Estate, Environmental Defense Fund and California State University - Fullerton - Department of Finance
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flood risk, housing market, insurance

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Measuring Community Resilience: The Role of the Community Rating System (CRS)

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2016
Ajita Atreya, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
University of Pennsylvania - Center for Risk Management and Decision Processes and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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resilience, disasters, National Flood Insurance Program, Community Rating System

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Managing Catastrophe Risk: Why Do Homeowners, Insurers, and Banks Not Use Simple Measures to Mitigate the Risk from Hurricanes and Earthquakes?

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 17 Jan 2001
Paul R. Kleindorfer, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Learning from the COVID-19 Pandemic to Address Climate Change

Management and Business Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter 2021
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 02 Sep 2021
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Paul Slovic
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and Decision Research
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Managing Catastrophic Risk

Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Economics, J. Shogren (ed.), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 01 May 2012
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Geoffrey M. Heal
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance
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Behavioural biases, Catastrophe bonds, Interdependencies, Multi-year insurance, Natural disasters, Nuclear risks, Protective decision making, Terrorism

Managing Catastrophic Risk

NBER Working Paper No. w18136
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 16 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2023
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Geoffrey M. Heal
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance
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Fast and Slow Thinking in the Face of Catastrophic Risk

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Aug 2014
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther, Paul Slovic and Kim Olson
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, Decision Research and Independent
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insurance, catastrophic risk, natural disasters, genocide

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The Role of Insurance in Reducing Losses from Extreme Events: The Need for Public-Private Partnerships

Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Forthcoming, Presentation at the International Insurance Society (IIS) Global Insurance Forum, June, 2015
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 22 Apr 2015
Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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natural disasters, flood insurance, earthquake insurance, disaster insurance, terrorism, public-private partnerships

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Interdependent Security: The Case of Identical Agents

Columbia Business School Working Paper
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 06 Mar 2002
Geoffrey M. Heal, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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externalities, contagion, terrorism, Nash equilibrium

Interdependent Security: The Case of Identical Agents

NBER Working Paper No. w8871
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 04 Apr 2002 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2022
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Geoffrey M. Heal
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance
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You Only Die Once: Managing Discrete Interdependent Risks

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 Jul 2003
Geoffrey M. Heal, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Nash equilibrium, tipping, cascading, terrorism, security, interdependence

You Only Die Once: Managing Discrete Interdependent Risks

NBER Working Paper No. w9885
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Aug 2003 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2022
Geoffrey M. Heal, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Modeling the 'Pseudodeductible' in Insurance Claims Decisions

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Jun 2005
Michael Braun, Peter Fader, Eric Bradlow, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Marketing Department, University of Pennsylvania - Marketing Department, University of Pennsylvania - Marketing Department and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Duration models, Dirichlet process priors, insurance claims, semiparametric Bayesian statistics, underreporting

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Decision-Making Under Social Pressure: The Political Economy of Debating Socially Sensitive Issues

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Nov 2000
Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Harvard Business School, Strategy Unit and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Procurement in Supply Chains When the End-Product Exhibits the 'Weakest Link' Property

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 05 Jun 2012
Stanley Baiman, Serguei Netessine, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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The Role of Public and Private Insurance in Reducing Losses from Extreme Weather Events and Disasters

Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 19, pp. 29-54, 2016, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 17/40
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 25 May 2017
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Rosemary Lyster
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Extreme weather events, climate disasters, flood insurance, disaster insurance, public-private partnerships, catastrophic risk pooling, parametric insurance, micro insurance

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Defining the Roles of the Public and Private Sector in Risk Communication, Risk Reduction, and Risk Transfer

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 17-09
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Sep 2017
Carolyn Kousky, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Environmental Defense Fund and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Terrorism Insurance 2005

Regulation, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 44-51, Spring 2005
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 27 Sep 2005
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management
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Terrorism insurance, insurance industry, terrorism, terrorist attack, insurance, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, terrorism risk, TRIA

Aiding Decision-Making to Reduce the Impacts of Climate Change

Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 14-5
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 19 Dec 2013
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Elke U. Weber
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and Princeton University - Department of Psychology
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climate change, decision processes, behavioral economics, energy efficiency, mitigation and adaptation measures, choice architecture

Aiding Decision-Making to Reduce the Impacts of Climate Change

NBER Working Paper No. w19776
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 10 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2023
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Elke U. Weber
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and Princeton University - Department of Psychology
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Can Environmental Insurance Succeed Where Other Strategies Fail? The Case of Underground Storage Tanks

Risk Analysis, 2011, 31(1):12-24
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2014
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther, Alexander Pfaff and Haitao Yin
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, Duke University - Policy, Economics, Environment and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management
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Insurance, Fines, Risk Management, Environment, Regulation, Underground Storage Tanks

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The Willingness to Pay for Flood Insurance

Netusil, N.R., C. Kousky, S. Neupane, W. Daniel, and H. Kunreuther. (2020). The Willingness to Pay for Flood Insurance.
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 19 Nov 2020
Noelwah R. Netusil, Carolyn Kousky, Shulav Neupane, William Daniel, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Reed College, Environmental Defense Fund, Reed College - Department of Economics, Reed College - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Flood Insurance; Affordability; FEMA

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Improving Flood Insurance and Flood Risk Management: Insights from St. Louis, Missouri

RFF Discussion Paper No. 09-07
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 29 May 2013
Carolyn Kousky, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Environmental Defense Fund and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
Downloads 160 (362,449)
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disaster insurance, National Flood Insurance Program, risk, floods

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Tipping and Supermodularity

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 May 2006
Geoffrey M. Heal, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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tipping, security, supermodularity, increasing differences, cascading, interdependence, networks

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Social Reinforcement: Cascades, Entrapment and Tipping

American Economic Journals: Microeconomics, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 86-99, 2010
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 22 Oct 2011
Geoffrey M. Heal, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Social Reinforcement: Cascades, Entrapment and Tipping

NBER Working Paper No. w13579
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 05 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2022
Geoffrey M. Heal, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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All by Myself? Testing Descriptive Social Norm-Nudges to Increase Flood Preparedness among Homeowners

Behavioural Public Policy, First View , pp. 1 - 33 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2021.17
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 24 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 03 May 2021
Jantsje M. Mol, W.J.W. Botzen, Julia Blasch, Elissa Kranzler, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, VU University Amsterdam - Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Cancer Support Community and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Flood preparedness, Homeowners, Lab-in-the-field experiment, Norm-nudge

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Do Environmental Regulations Cause Firms to Exit the Market? Evidence from Underground Storage Tank (UST) Regulations

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 11 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 08 May 2012
Haitao Yin, Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Matthew W. White
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - Business & Public Policy Department
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Environmental Regulations, Economies of Scale, Liquidity Constraints, Underground Storage Tank

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Climate Change, Insurability of Large-Scale Disasters and the Emerging Liability Challenge

NBER Working Paper No. w12821
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2022
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management
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Characterizing Households' Large (and Small) Stakes Decisions: Evidence from Flood Insurance

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 10 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 06 May 2020
Benjamin Collier, Daniel Schwartz, Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science, University of Chile, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management
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Consumer choice, risk attitudes; insurance; decision making under risk and uncertainty; National Flood Insurance Program

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Impact of Behavioral Issues on Green Growth Policies and Weather-Related Disaster Reduction in Developing Countries

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6241
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management
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Hazard Risk Management, Debt Markets, Climate Change Economics, Insurance & Risk Mitigation, Banks & Banking Reform

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All-Hazards Homeowners Insurance: Challenges and Opportunities

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 17-08
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 Apr 2017
Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
Downloads 111 (482,490)
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homeowners insurance, disaster, premiums

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Addressing Affordability in the National Flood Insurance Program

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Dec 2013
Carolyn Kousky, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Environmental Defense Fund and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
Downloads 110 (485,682)
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NFIP, Biggert–Waters, flood, insurance, means-tested vouchers, hazard mitigation, New Jersey, hurricane, Sandy

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Assessing, Managing, and Financing Extreme Events: Dealing with Terrorism

NBER Working Paper No. w10179
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Jan 2004 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther, Erwann Michel-Kerjan and Beverly Porter
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management and AIR Worldwide Corporation
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Looking Beyond Tria: A Clinical Examination of Potential Terrorism Loss Sharing

NBER Working Paper No. w12069
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 10 May 2006 Last Revised: 25 Dec 2022
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management
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Is Imprecise Knowledge Better than Conflicting Expertise? Evidence from Insurers’ Decisions in the United States

Nottingham University Business School Research Paper No. 2010-04
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Mar 2010
Laure Cabantous, Denis Hilton, Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
Cass Business School, City University London, University of Toulouse, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management
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Ambiguity, Source of Uncertainty, Insurance Pricing, Decision-Making

Evaluating the Role of Insurance in Managing Risk of Future Pandemics

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 24 Jun 2021
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Jason Schupp
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and Centers for Better Insurance, LLC
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insurance, public-private partnerships, pandemics, catastrophic risk

Evaluating the Role of Insurance in Managing Risk of Future Pandemics

NBER Working Paper No. w28968
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2023
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Jason Schupp
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and Centers for Better Insurance, LLC
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Self-Protection and Insurance with Interdependencies

NBER Working Paper No. w12827
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2022
Alexander Muermann, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Ambiguity Types, Robust Learning and Natural Catastrophe Insurance: How Long-Term Contracts May Help

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 28 May 2016
Wenge Zhu, Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management
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Ambiguity Types, Robust Learning, Insurance Pricing, Esscher Transform, LTI

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The Critical Role of Markets in Climate Change Adaptation

NBER Working Paper No. w24645
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 30 May 2018
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, Stanford University - The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University - The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, University of Southern California, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of Pittsburgh, University of California, Davis - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and Arizona State University (ASU) - Economics Department
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Interdependent Security: A General Model

NBER Working Paper No. w10706
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 13 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 08 May 2012
Geoffrey M. Heal, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Broad Bracketing for Low Probability Events

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 08 Mar 2020
Shereen Chaudhry, Michael Hand, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Broad bracketing; Risk communication, Decisions from experience, Cumulative probabilities, Low-probability high-consequence events, Insurance

Broad Bracketing for Low Probability Events

NBER Working Paper No. w27319
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 09 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2023
Shereen Chaudhry, Michael Hand, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Policy Watch: Challenges for Terrorism Risk Insurance in the United States

NBER Working Paper No. w10870
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 28 Oct 2004 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2022
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management
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A Policy Maker’s Dilemma: Preventing Terrorism or Preventing Blame

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 115, pp. 25-34
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 18 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 08 May 2012
A. Peter McGraw, Alexander Todorov, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Marketing, Princeton University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Judgment, Likelihood, Risk, Probability Neglect, Outcome Bias, Hindsight Bias, Terrorism, Policy, Blame

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Long Term Insurance (Lti) for Addressing Catastrophe Risk

NBER Working Paper No. w14210
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 01 May 2022
Dwight M. Jaffee, Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
University of California, Berkeley - Finance Group, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management
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Reflections on U.S. Disaster Insurance Policy for the 21st Century

NBER Working Paper No. w12449
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2022
Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Deterministic and Stochastic Prisoner's Dilemma Games: Experiments in Interdependent Security

NBER Working Paper No. t0341
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2023
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther, Gabriel Silvasi, Eric Bradlow and Dylan Small
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - Marketing Department and University of Pennsylvania - Statistics Department
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The Impact of a Government Risk Pool and an Opt-Out Framing on Demand for Earthquake Protection

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Aug 2021
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther, Lynn Conell-Price, Paul Kovacs, Paul Kovacs and Katsu Goda
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, IndependentInstitute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction and Western University, Canada
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earthquake, insurance, default options, risk pool, opt-out

The Impact of a Government Risk Pool and an Opt-Out Framing on Demand for Earthquake Protection

NBER Working Paper No. w29144
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2023
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther, Lynn Conell-Price, Paul Kovacs, Paul Kovacs and Katsu Goda
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, IndependentInstitute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction and Western University, Canada
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A Successful (Yet Somewhat Untested) Case of Disaster Financing: Terrorism Insurance Under TRIA, 2002–2020

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 17-06
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Apr 2017
Erwann Michel-Kerjan, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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terrorism, insurance, national security, public-private partnerships, TRIA

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Terrorism Risk Financing Solutions

NBER Working Paper No. w13359
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 21 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2022
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management
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Rules Rather than Discretion: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina

NBER Working Paper No. w12503
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 04 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2022
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Mark V. Pauly
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - Health Care Systems Department
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Risk Management and Climate Change

NBER Working Paper No. w18607
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 07 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 06 May 2023
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther, Geoffrey M. Heal, Myles Allen, Ottmar Edenhofer, Christopher Field and Gary Yohe
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance, University of Oxford - School of Geography and the Environment, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Stanford University - Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Wesleyan University - Department of Economics
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Cautious Defection: Group Representatives Cooperate and Risk Less than Individuals

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 21 Mar 2015
Pavel D. Atanasov, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
IE University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Interdependent Security, Risk, Cooperation, Agents, Representatives, Groups

51.

Supermodularity and Tipping

NBER Working Paper No. w12281
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2022
Geoffrey M. Heal, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Addressing Biases that Impact Homeowners' Adoption of Solar Panels

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 12 Apr 2021
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther, Anna Polise and Quinlyn Spellmeyer
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, University of Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania
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climate change, solar energy, solar power, cognitive biases, myopia, behavioral risk audit

53.

Goals and Plans in Protective Decision Making

NBER Working Paper No. w12446
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2022
David Krantz, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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The Political Economy of Responses to Covid-19 in the U.S.A

NBER Working Paper No. w28578
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 22 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2023
Zhihan Cui, Geoffrey M. Heal, Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Lu Liu
Columbia University, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and Columbia University - Columbia Business School
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Firms’ Management of Infrequent Shocks

NBER Working Paper No. w22612
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 12 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2023
Benjamin Collier, Andrew Haughwout, Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther, Erwann Michel-Kerjan and Michael Stewart
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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Tipping Climate Negotiations

NBER Working Paper No. w16954
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 18 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2023
Geoffrey M. Heal, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Organizational Decision Making Under Uncertainty Shocks

NBER Working Paper No. w24924
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 22 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2023
Luis Ballesteros, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
George Washington University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Insurance Decision-Making for Rare Events: The Role of Emotions

NBER Working Paper No. w20886
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 27 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2023
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Mark V. Pauly
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - Health Care Systems Department
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Risk Preferences in Small and Large Stakes: Evidence from Insurance Contract Decisions

NBER Working Paper No. w23579
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 17 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2023
Benjamin Collier, Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther, Erwann Michel-Kerjan and Daniel Schwartz
Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management and University of Chile
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Corporate Demand for Insurance: an Empirical Analysis of the U.S. Market for Catastrophe and Non-Catastrophe Risks

NBER Working Paper No. w17403
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2023
Erwann Michel-Kerjan, Paul Raschky, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management, Monash University - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Covid-19, Shelter-In Place Strategies and Tipping

NBER Working Paper No. w27124
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 12 May 2020 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2023
Zhihan Cui, Geoffrey M. Heal, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Columbia University, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Risk-Based Pricing and Risk-Reducing Effort: Does the Private Insurance Market Reduce Environmental Accidents?

NBER Working Paper No. w15100
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2023
Haitao Yin, Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Matthew W. White
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - Business & Public Policy Department
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Default Options and Insurance Demand

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 Jun 2020
Peter John Robinson, W.J.W. Botzen, Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Shereen Chaudhry
VU University Amsterdam - Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), VU University Amsterdam - Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Choice architecture, default options, experience, flood insurance demand, loss aversion

Default Options and Insurance Demand

NBER Working Paper No. w27381
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2023
Peter John Robinson, W.J.W. Botzen, Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Shereen Chaudhry
VU University Amsterdam - Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), VU University Amsterdam - Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Punishment and Cooperation in Stochastic Social Dilemmas

NBER Working Paper No. w18458
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2023
Erte Xiao, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Monash University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Corporate Demand for Insurance: New Evidence from the U.S. Terrorism and Property Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w19532
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 18 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 15 May 2023
Erwann Michel-Kerjan, Paul Raschky, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management, Monash University - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
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Addressing Biases that Impact Homeowners’ Adoption of Solar Panels

NBER Working Paper No. w28678
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 12 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther, Anna Polise and Quinlyn Spellmeyer
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, University of Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania
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Do People Have a Bias for Low-Deductible Insurance?

NBER Working Paper No. w26994
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 20 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2023
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Mark Pauly
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania
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Externalities in the Wildland - Urban Interface: Private Decisions, Collective Action, and Results from Wildfire Simulation Models for California

NBER Working Paper No. w30348
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2023
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther, Artem Demidov, Mark V. Pauly, Matija Turcic and Michael Wilson
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania - Health Care Systems Department, University of Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania
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Does Private Insurance Reduce Environmental Accidents?

Regulation
Posted: 29 Sep 2013
Haitao Yin, Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Matthew W. White
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - Business & Public Policy Department

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The Development of New Catastrophe Risk Markets

Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 119-139, 2009
Posted: 04 Jun 2010
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management

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The Development of New Catastrophe Risk Markets

Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 1, Issue 1, pp. 119-139, 2009
Posted: 16 Sep 2011
Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Center for Risk Management

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Risk-Based Pricing and Risk-Reducing Effort: Does the Private Insurance Market Reduce Environmental Accidents?

Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 54, No. 2, 2011
Posted: 11 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2013
Haitao Yin, Howard Kunreuther, Howard Kunreuther and Matthew W. White
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and University of Pennsylvania - Business & Public Policy Department

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Environmental Regulation, Risk-based Pricing, Insurance, Public Fund, Underground Storage Tank

72.

Retroactive Liability or the Public Purse?

Journal of Regulatory Economics (1997).
Posted: 21 May 1997
James Boyd, Howard Kunreuther and Howard Kunreuther
Resources for the Future and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center

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