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Self-Insurance, Self-Protection and Increased Risk Aversion

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Dionne, G.
Eeckhoudt, L.

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Dans Ce Texte Nous Analysons L'effet D'un Accroissement du Degre de Riscophobie Sur les Activites D'auto-Assurance et D'auto-Protection. Nous Montrons Que Contrairement aux Activites D'auto-Assurance, les Activites D'auto-Protection N'augmentent Pas Necessairement Lorsque le Degre de Riscophobie Augmente.

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Paper provided by Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques in its series Cahiers de recherche with number 8424.

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