Does Federal Disaster Assistance Crowd Out Private Demand for Insurance?

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Date

Oct. 1, 2013

Authors

Carolyn Kousky, Erwann Michel-Kerjan, and Paul Raschky

Publication

Journal Article

Reading time

1 minute

Topics

Insurance and Disaster Aid

Authors

Dr. Carolyn Kousky

Nonresident Fellow

Dr. Carolyn Kousky is a nonresident fellow at RFF and Associate Vice President for Economics and Policy at Environmental Defense Fund.

Erwann Michel-Kerjan

Paul Raschky

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