Environmental and Urban Economics
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A Free Market Perspective on Pricing Home Insurance in California Fire Zones
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A Free Market Perspective on Pricing Home Insurance in California Fire Zones

California is rewriting its insurance rules for home insurance policies. How will these new “rules of the game” affect the likelihood that home owners in fire zones can insure their properties, that these owners take costly precautions to reduce the likelihood that wildfires burn down their home and in aggregate at the community level , how does this help California to adapt to climate change risk?

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