The Pricing of Flood Insurance

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Date

May 4, 2017

Authors

Carolyn Kousky, Brett Lingle, and Leonard Shabman

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Journal Article

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1 minute

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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.

Brett Lingle

Leonard A. Shabman

Senior Fellow

Len Shabman is a Senior Fellow at RFF. His current work balances time spent in research with advisory activities in order to have a direct bearing on the design and execution of water and related resources policy.

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