Optimum area yield crop insurance

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-82

  Mahul, Olivier ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Crop insurance; Efficient risk sharing; Systemic risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001928762     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244451     Document Type: Article

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