Private crop insurers and the reinsurance fund allocation decision

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 582-595

  Coble, Keith H ^a   Dismukes, Robert ^b   Glauber, Joseph W ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance; Out of sample forecasting; Policy; Risk

Indexed keywords

CROP; ECONOMETRICS; FORECASTING METHOD; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; SIMULATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 34547469990     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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