Designing catastrophe bonds to securitize systemic risks in agriculture: The case of Georgia cotton

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 318-338

  Vedenov, Dmitry V ^a   Epperson, James E ^a   Barnett, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CAT bonds; Catastrophe bond pricing; Catastrophe insurance; Disaster risk; Reinsurance; Risk securitization

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 33748869054     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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