Weather-Based Adverse Selection and the U.S. Crop Insurance Program: The Private Insurance Company Perspective

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 386-410

  Ker, Alan P ^a   McGowan, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Crop insurance; El Ni o La Ni a; Standard Reinsurance Agreement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034359413     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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