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Risk Preferences, Risk Perceptions, and Flood Insurance

Daniel R. Petrolia, Craig E. Landry and Keith H. Coble
Land Economics, May 2013, 89 (2) 227-245; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/le.89.2.227

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Risk Preferences, Risk Perceptions, and Flood Insurance
Daniel R. Petrolia, Craig E. Landry, Keith H. Coble
Land Economics May 2013, 89 (2) 227-245; DOI: 10.3368/le.89.2.227
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