Extreme Events, Global Warming, and Insurance-Linked Securities: How to Trigger the “Tipping Point”
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عنوان ژورنال: The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1018-5895,1468-0440
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510159