Preferences for crop insurance when farmers are diversified

Agribusiness

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 583-592

  Blank, Steven C ^a   McDonald, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79958855675     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6297(199611/12)12:6<583::AID-AGR7>3.0.CO;2-#     Document Type: Article

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