Risk and insurance in village India: Comment

Econometrica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 171-184

  Ravallion, Martin ^a   Chaudhuri, Shubham ^a  

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EID: 0001026204     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2171818     Document Type: Article

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