Crop Price Indemnified Loans for Farmers: A Pilot Experiment in Rural Ghana

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-55

  Karlan, Dean ^a   Kutsoati, Ed ^b   McMillan, Margaret ^b   Udry, Chris ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79551549994     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: 15396975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6975.2010.01406.x     Document Type: Article

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