PUBLICATIONS

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Freeman, P.K., L. Martin, G. Pflug. (2001). DRAFT: For Discussion Purposes Only Developing countries' problem of investments endangered by natural catastrophes: Optimal investment and insurance policies. ps format pdf format

Freeman, P.K. (2000). Infrastructure, Natural Disasters and Poverty. In: Managing Disaster Risk in Emerging Economies. A. Kreimer and M. Arnold, Eds., Disaster Risk Management Series No. 2, World Bank, Washington, DC. pp. 23-29.

CAT Project (1999). Natural Catastrophes, Infrastructure, and Poverty in Developing Countries. In: Options Fall/Winter '99 edition. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.

Freeman, P.K. (1999). Gambling on Global Catastrophes. In: Investing in Prevention - A Special Report on Disaster Risk Management. Disaster Management Facility, World Bank, Washington, DC. pp 4-5.

Kreimer, A., Freeman, P.K. et.al (1999). Managing Disaster Risk in Mexico - Market Incentives for Mitigation Investment. Disaster Risk Management Series. World Bank, Washington, DC.

Freeman, P.K. (1999). Infrastructure, Natural Disasters, and Poverty. In: Proceedings of the EuroConference on Global Change and Catastrophic Risk Management: Flood Risks in Europe. IIASA, 6-9 June 1999, Laxenburg, Austria.
Paper available on-line

Freeman, P.K., Pflug, G.C. (1999). Infrastructure in Developing Countries: Risk and Protection. In: Proceedings of the EuroConference on Global Change and Catastrophic Risk Management: Flood Risks in Europe. IIASA, 6-9 June 1999, Laxenburg, Austria. Paper available on-line, will also appear in forthcoming issue of "Risk Analysis".

McKellar, L., Freeman, P.K. and Ermolieva, T. (1999). Estimating Natural Catastrophic Risk Exposure and the Benefits of Risk Transfer in Developing Countries. In: Proceedings of the EuroConference on Global Change and Catastrophic Risk Management: Flood Risks in Europe. IIASA, 6-9 June 1999, Laxenburg, Austria.
Paper available on-line

Freeman, P.K., and Kunreuther, H. (1997). Managing Environmental Risk through Insurance. AEI Press (softback), Kluwer Academic Publishers (hardback).

Freeman, P.K. (1997). Environmental Insurance as a Policy Enforcement Tool in Developing Countries. Journal of International Economic Law, Vol 18, pp 422-86. University of Pennsylvania.

Freeman, P.K. (1996). Risk Management Strategies for Environmental Exposures: Lessons from the United States. In: Energy, Environment and the Economy: Asian Perspectives. Editors Paul. R. Kleindorfer, et.al. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.

Freeman, P.K., and Kunreuther, H. (1996). Insurance Solutions for Environmental Risk. Engineering News Record, 37, June 2.

Freeman, P.K., and Kunreuther, H. (1995). Environnement, Reglementation et Assurance. Risques, 23, July-September, pp. 153-174.

Freeman, P.K. (1994). Replacing History with Science: The Evolution of Environmental Insurance. In: Contingencies. American Academy of Actuaries, September/October, pp. 28-33.

Freeman, P.K. (1992). Buyer/Bank Environmental Liability Insurance. The Digest of Environmental Law, Vol. 5, No.3, p.39.

Freeman, P.K. (1992). Environmental Ghosts. Risk Management, pp.35.

 

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