The Financing of Catastrophe Risk

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Kenneth A. Froot
1. Insurer Demand for Catastrophe Reinsurance
Anne Gron
Comment: Steven F. Goldberg
Comment: Raghuram Rajan
2. Alternative Means of Redistributing Catastrophic Risk in a National Risk Management System
Christopher M. Lewis and Kevin C. Murdock
Comment: Peter Diamond
Comment: Paolo M. Pellegrini
3. Pricing Excess-of-Loss Reinsurance Contracts against Catastrophic Loss
J. David Cummins, Christopher M. Lewis, and Richard D. Phillips
Comment: Sanjiv Ranjan Das
Comment: James A. Tilley
4. Challenges Facing the Insurance Industry in Managing Catastrophic Risks
Paul R. Kleindorfer and Howard C. Kunreuther
Comment: James R. Garven
Comment: Dwight Jaffee
5. The Pricing of U.S. Catastrophe Reinsurance
Kenneth A. Froot and Paul G. J. O'Connell
Comment: Jeremy C. Stein
6. Reinsurance for Catastrophes and Cataclysms
David M. Cutler and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Comment: John H. Cochrane
7. The Influence of Income Tax Rules on Insurance Reserves
David F. Bradford and Kyle D. Logue
Comment: Ross J. Davidson Jr.
Comment: James R. Hines Jr.
8. Courting Disaster? The Transformation of Federal Disaster Policy since 1803
David A. Moss
Comment: Clement S. Dwyer Jr.
Comment: R. Glenn Hubbard
9. The Moral Hazard of Insuring the Insurers
James G. Bohn and Brian J. Hall
Comment: Christopher M. McGhee
Comment: David Scharfstein
10. Index Hedge Performance: Insurer Market Penetration and Basis Risk
John A. Major
Comment: André F. Perold
11. Panel Discussions
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index