Systemic Weather Risk and Crop Insurance: The Case of China

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 351-372

  Okhrin, Ostap ^a   Odening, Martin ^a   Xu, Wei ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SCOR SE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84878174476     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: 15396975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6975.2012.01476.x     Document Type: Article

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