Weather risk and the viability of weather insurance in China's Gansu, Shaanxi, and Henan provinces

China Agricultural Economic Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-24

  Turvey, Calum G ^a   Kong, Rong ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agriculture; China; Farms; Insurance; Rainfall; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955095240     PISSN: 1756137X     EISSN: 17561388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17561371011017469     Document Type: Article

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