Symposium "Financial Risks of Natural Hazards: Markets and the Role of the State".
Schmollers Jahrbuch, 128. Jg. (2008), Heft 4 (S. 511-673).
1st Edition
Published on 11. December 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
IV, 163 pages
978-3-428-13020-7 (ISBN)
Description
This special issue assembles selected papers of an international seminar on »Financial Risks of Natural Hazards: Markets and the Role of the State« held on May, 5-6, 2007 at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. The discussions in this seminar focused on two key issues: Strengthening the role of private parties to bear and effectively respond to natural hazards and mobilizing the potential of financial markets to spread the economic risks of natural disasters.