Nonparametric estimation of crop insurance rates revisited

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 463-478

  Ker, Alan P ^a   Goodwin, Barry K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Empirical Bayes; Insurance rating; Kernel density estimation

Indexed keywords

CROP; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; YIELD;

EID: 0034130051     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00039     Document Type: Article

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