Managing basis risk with multiscale index insurance

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 44, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 419-431

  Elabed, Ghada ^a   Bellemare, Marc F ^b,d   Carter, Michael R ^a   Guirkinger, Catherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop insurance; Index insurance; Microinsurance; Risk and uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COTTON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MALI;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MALIA;

EID: 84880149357     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12025     Document Type: Article

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