Economic analysis of the standard reinsurance agreement

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-134

  Vedenov, Dmitry V ^a   Miranda, Mario J ^b   Dismukes, Robert ^c   Glauber, Joseph W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop insurance; Policy analysis; Risk modeling; Standard Reinsurance Agreement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646571456     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00214660480001158     Document Type: Article

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