Revisiting the demand for agricultural insurance: The case of Spain

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-66

  Garrido, Alberto ^a   Zilberman, David ^b  

^a University Politécnica of Madrid   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural insurance; Economic models; Insurance demand models; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249140406     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00214660880001218     Document Type: Article

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