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Working Papers

2017

1. A Successful (Yet Somewhat Untested) Case of Disaster Financing: Terrorism Insurance under TRIA, 2002–2020
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future
2. Risk Preferences in Small and Large Stakes: Evidence from Insurance Contract Decisions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2016

3. Firms’ Management of Infrequent Shocks
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2013

4. Corporate Demand for Insurance: New Evidence from the U.S. Terrorism and Property Markets
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Corporate Demand for Insurance: New Evidence From the U.S. Terrorism and Property Markets, Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association (2015) View citations (10) (2015)

2012

5. Impact of behavioral issues on green growth policies and weather-related disaster reduction in developing countries
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)

2011

6. Catastrophe Financing for Governments: Learning from the 2009-2012 MultiCat Program in Mexico
   OECD Working Papers on Finance, Insurance and Private Pensions, OECD Publishing View citations (10)
7. Corporate Demand for Insurance: An Empirical Analysis of the U.S. Market for Catastrophe and Non-Catastrophe Risks
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   Also in Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck (2009) View citations (2)
   Working Papers, HAL (2009) View citations (1)
8. Insuring climate catastrophes in Florida: an analysis of insurance pricing and capacity under various scenarios of climate change and adaptation measures
   GRI Working Papers, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment View citations (1)

2010

9. Is Imprecise Knowledge Better than Conflicting Expertise? Evidence from Insurers’ Decisions in the United States
   ICBBR Working Papers, International Centre for Behavioural Business Research View citations (11)
   See also Journal Article Is imprecise knowledge better than conflicting expertise? Evidence from insurers’ decisions in the United States, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer (2011) View citations (41) (2011)

2009

10. Come Rain or Shine: Evidence on Flood Insurance Purchases in Florida
    Working Papers, HAL View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Come Rain or Shine: Evidence on Flood Insurance Purchases in Florida, Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association (2010) View citations (98) (2010)

2008

11. Long Term Insurance (LTI) for Addressing Catastrophe Risk
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

2007

12. Climate Change, Insurability of Large-scale Disasters and the Emerging Liability Challenge
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
13. Evaluating The Effectiveness of Terrorism Risk Financing Solutions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
14. How Does the Corporate World Cope with Mega-Terrorism? Puzzling Evidence from Terrorism Insurance Markets
    Working Papers, HAL
    See also Journal Article How Does the Corporate World Cope with Mega‐Terrorism? Puzzling Evidence from Terrorism Insurance Markets, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Morgan Stanley (2006) View citations (10) (2006)
15. Looking Beyond TRIA: A Clinical Examination of Potential Terrorism Loss Sharing in in the U.S
    Working Papers, HAL

2006

16. Looking Beyond TRIA: A Clinical Examination of Potential Terrorism Loss Sharing
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2004

17. Dealing with Extreme Events: Challenges for Terrorism Risk Coverage in the United States
    Working Papers, HAL View citations (1)
18. Meeting the Challenge of Interdependent Critical Networks under Threat: The Paris Initiative
    Working Papers, HAL View citations (2)
19. Policy Watch: Challenges for Terrorism Risk Insurance in the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article Policy Watch: Challenges for Terrorism Risk Insurance in the United States, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2004) View citations (27) (2004)
20. Terrorisme à grande échelle: partage de risques et politiques publiques
    Working Papers, HAL
    See also Journal Article Terrorisme à grande échelle partage de risques et politiques publiques, Revue d'économie politique, Dalloz (2003) View citations (2) (2003)

2003

21. Assessing, Managing, and Financing Extreme Events: Dealing with Terrorism
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)
22. Catastrophe risk sharing and public-private partnerships: From natural disasters to terrorism
    Working Papers, HAL View citations (1)
23. New Challenges in Critical Infrastructures: A US Perspective
    Working Papers, HAL View citations (5)

2001

24. The Public-Private Sector Risk-Sharing in the French Insurance "Cat. Nat. System"""
    CIRANO Working Papers, CIRANO View citations (16)

2000

25. Risques à grande échelle dans les systèmes en réseau: quelques interrogations
    CIRANO Working Papers, CIRANO

Journal Articles

2019

1. Protecting against disaster risks: Why insurance and prevention may be complements
   Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2019, 59, (2), 151-169 View citations (21)

2018

2. Integrating human behaviour dynamics into flood disaster risk assessment
   Nature Climate Change, 2018, 8, (3), 193-199 View citations (55)

2017

3. Examining Flood Insurance Claims in the United States: Six Key Findings
   Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2017, 84, (3), 819-850 View citations (18)

2016

4. Political affiliation affects adaptation to climate risks: Evidence from New York City
   Climatic Change, 2016, 138, (1), 353-360 View citations (22)

2015

5. Corporate Demand for Insurance: New Evidence From the U.S. Terrorism and Property Markets
   Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2015, 82, (3), 505-530 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper Corporate Demand for Insurance: New Evidence from the U.S. Terrorism and Property Markets, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (2) (2013)
6. Could Flood Insurance be Privatised in the United States? A Primer
   The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2015, 40, (2), 179-208 View citations (5)
7. Demand for fixed-price multi-year contracts: Experimental evidence from insurance decisions
   Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2015, 51, (2), 171-194 View citations (21)
8. Divergence between individual perceptions and objective indicators of tail risks: Evidence from floodplain residents in New York City
   Judgment and Decision Making, 2015, 10, (4), 365-385 View citations (7)
9. Effective risk response needs a prepared mindset
   Nature, 2015, 517, (7535), 413-413
10. We must build resilience into our communities
    Nature, 2015, 524, (7566), 389-389 View citations (2)
11. What drives households to buy flood insurance? New evidence from Georgia
    Ecological Economics, 2015, 117, (C), 153-161 View citations (62)

2014

12. How terror-proof is your economy?
    Nature, 2014, 514, (7522), 275-275

2013

13. An Economic Analysis of Climate Adaptations to Hurricane Risk in St. Lucia
    The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2013, 38, (3), 521-546 View citations (3)
14. Finance des risques catastrophiques. Le marché américain est en plein bouleversement
    Revue économique, 2013, 64, (4), 615-634
15. Insuring future climate catastrophes
    Climatic Change, 2013, 118, (2), 339-354 View citations (5)

2012

16. How resilient is your country?
    Nature, 2012, 491, (7425), 497-497 View citations (5)

2011

17. Is imprecise knowledge better than conflicting expertise? Evidence from insurers’ decisions in the United States
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2011, 42, (3), 211-232 View citations (41)
    See also Working Paper Is Imprecise Knowledge Better than Conflicting Expertise? Evidence from Insurers’ Decisions in the United States, ICBBR Working Papers (2010) View citations (11) (2010)
18. The effects of government intervention on the market for corporate terrorism insurance
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2011, 27, (S1), S122-S132 View citations (5)

2010

19. Catastrophe Economics: The National Flood Insurance Program
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2010, 24, (4), 165-86 View citations (71)
20. Come Rain or Shine: Evidence on Flood Insurance Purchases in Florida
    Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2010, 77, (2), 369-397 View citations (98)
    See also Working Paper Come Rain or Shine: Evidence on Flood Insurance Purchases in Florida, Working Papers (2009) View citations (9) (2009)

2009

21. Insure to Assure: A New Paradigm for Nuclear Nonproliferation and International Security
    Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, 2009, 4, (2), 139-155
22. The Development of New Catastrophe Risk Markets
    Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2009, 1, (1), 119-137 View citations (3)

2008

23. Extreme Events, Global Warming, and Insurance-Linked Securities: How to Trigger the “Tipping Point”
    The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2008, 33, (1), 153-176
    Also in The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2008, 33, (1), 153-176 (2008) View citations (14)

2006

24. Disaster via Airmail: The Launching of a Global Reaction Capacity After the 2001 Anthrax Attacks
    Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, 2006, 1, (3), 99-117
25. How Does the Corporate World Cope with Mega‐Terrorism? Puzzling Evidence from Terrorism Insurance Markets
    Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 2006, 18, (4), 61-75 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper How Does the Corporate World Cope with Mega-Terrorism? Puzzling Evidence from Terrorism Insurance Markets, Working Papers (2007) (2007)
26. Public-Private Programs for Covering Extreme Events: The Impact of Information Distribution on Risk-Sharing
    Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2006, 1, (2), 30 View citations (3)

2005

27. Terrorism Risk Coverage in the Post-9/11 Era: A Comparison of New Public–Private Partnerships in France, Germany and the U.S.&ast
    The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2005, 30, (1), 144-170 View citations (12)

2004

28. Policy Watch: Challenges for Terrorism Risk Insurance in the United States
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2004, 18, (4), 201-214 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper Policy Watch: Challenges for Terrorism Risk Insurance in the United States, NBER Working Papers (2004) View citations (25) (2004)

2003

29. Terrorisme à grande échelle partage de risques et politiques publiques
    Revue d'économie politique, 2003, 113, (5), 625-648 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Terrorisme à grande échelle: partage de risques et politiques publiques, Working Papers (2004) (2004)

Books

2011

1. At War with the Weather: Managing Large-Scale Risks in a New Era of Catastrophes, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (18)
   Also in MIT Press Books, The MIT Press (2009) View citations (73)

Chapters

2007

1. An Empirical Analysis of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA)
   Chapter 3 in The Economic Costs and Consequences of Terrorism, 2007