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Experimental Evidence for Coverage Preferences in Flood Insurance

Abstract

We used a hypothetical choice experiment to estimate the effect of dwelling value and coverage limits on the probability of purchasing flood insurance while holding the probability of flooding and insurance price constant. The results indicate that demand for flood insurance is negatively associated with the amount of insurance coverage. For people assigned higher-valued dwellings, however, the opposite effect is observed. Since more coverage …

Authors

Darlington JC; Yiannakoulias N

Journal

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 178–189

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

4 2022

DOI

10.1007/s13753-022-00397-3

ISSN

2095-0055