The demand for multiple peril crop insurance: Evidence from montana wheat farms

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 189-201

  Smith, Vincent H ^a   Baquet, Alan E ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Crop insurance; Demand; Model specification

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0038071243     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243790     Document Type: Article

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