Making a market for acts of god : (Record no. 253408)
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| fixed length control field | 01391nam a2200229 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 190426b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780198783770 (pbk.) |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 368.0122 |
| Item number | PAU |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Jarzabkowski, Paula |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Making a market for acts of god : |
| Remainder of title | the practice of risk-trading in the global reinsurance industry / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Paula Jarzabkowski ; Rebecca Bednarek and Paul Spee. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Oxford : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2017. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv, 231 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 15 * 23 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes reference and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Reinsurance is a financial market that trades in the risk of unpredictable and devastating disasters - such as Hurricane Katrina, the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, and the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre. Such disasters are increasing in both frequency and severity, with the cost of their losses mounting rapidly. Reinsurance insures insurance companies, enabling them to pay claims arising from these losses. It is thus a market mechanism that is acritical part of the social and economic safety net, helping to pick up the pieces after disasters. Yet, how is the risk of such disaster. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Reinsurance |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Marketing |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | financial market |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Disaster insurance |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bednarek, Rebecca |
| Relator term | Author |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Spee, Paul |
| Relator term | Author |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| University Law College | University Law College | On Display | 26/04/2019 | 368.0122 PAU | ULC35066 | 26/04/2019 | Books |