Insurance market efficiency and crop choices in Pakistan

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 419-453

  Kurosaki, Takashi ^a   Fafchamps, Marcel ^b  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Household models; Insurance markets; Risk; Structural estimation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRICE; CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0036230119     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(01)00188-2     Document Type: Article

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