Actuarial fairness of crop insurance rates with constant rate relativities

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 563-575

  Babcock, Bruce A ^a   Hart, Chad E ^b   Hayes, Dermot J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop insurance; Moral hazard; Premium rates; Rating methods; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; CROP PRODUCTION; INSURANCE INDUSTRY;

EID: 3242692289     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0002-9092.2004.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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