Crop insurance, disaster assistance, and the role of the federal government in providing catastrophic risk protection

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-101

  Glauber, Joseph W ^a   Collins, Keith J ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophic risk protection; Crop insurance; Disaster assistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938780788     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00214900280001131     Document Type: Article

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