On the revelation of private information in the U.S. crop insurance program

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 761-776

  Ker, Alan ^a   Ergun, A Tolga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36248952762     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: 15396975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6975.2007.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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