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The Causes and Consequences of Rate Regulation in the Auto Insurance Industry

In: The Economics of Property-Casualty Insurance

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Dwight Jaffee
Thomas Russell

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This chapter was published in: Dwight Jaffee & Thomas Russell The Economics of Property-Casualty Insurance, , pages 81-112, 1998.

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David F. Bradford, 1998. "The Economics of Property-Casualty Insurance," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number brad98-1.
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  1. Dwight Jaffee, 2006. "Monoline Restrictions, with Applications to Mortgage Insurance and Title Insurance," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer, vol. 28(2), pages 83-108, 03. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Dwight M. Jaffee & Thomas Russell, 1996. "Catastrophe Insurance, Capital Markets and Uninsurable Risks," Center for Financial Institutions Working Papers 96-12, Wharton School Center for Financial Institutions, University of Pennsylvania. [Downloadable!]
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