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Uncertain Business

Risk, Insurance, and the Limits of Knowledge

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ID23447346
AuthorsAaron Doyle (Carleton College), Diana Ericson (Carleton College)
Year2004
Publication date2004-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueUncertain Business (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.3138/9781442682849
OpenAlexW4206641934
ISBN9781442682849
Open LibraryOL35760571M
LanguageEN
Citations received3

Insurers' perceptions and decisions about uncertainty ? with potential for windfall profits as well as catastrophic losses ? create crises in insurance availability and provoke new forms of inequality and exclusion. Hence, while the insurance industry is a central bulwark against uncertainty, insurers also play a key role in fostering it.

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Citations per year0.18
Citation span2009 - 2019 (11)
Highly citedNo

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