Systemic risk in U.S. crop reinsurance programs

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-39

  Mason, Chuck ^a   Hayes, Dermot J ^b   Lence, Sergio H ^b  

^a Radian Guaranty   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop insurance; Reinsurance; Risk Management Agency; Systemic risk; Value at risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944244127     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00214980380001139     Document Type: Article

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