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An empirical analysis of the factors influencing farmer demand for forest insurance: Based on surveys from Lin’an County in Zhejiang Province of China

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  • Qin, Tao
  • Gu, Xuesong
  • Tian, Zhiwei
  • Pan, Huanxue
  • Deng, Jing
  • Wan, Li

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The lack of effective farmer demand is a major factor that restricts the development of China's forest insurance. To solve this problem, this study uses a Logit model to conduct an empirical analysis of relevant factors in the farmers’ demand for forest insurance, based on field survey data of Lin’an County, Zhejiang Province. The results show that the farmers’ understanding of forest insurance, the proportion of forestry revenues in the total household income, forest size, forest disaster frequency, forest insurance liability, insurance amount setup, and the farmers’ satisfaction regarding the premium subsidy policy, are the main factors that affect the farmers’ demand for forest insurance. Therefore, we propose to expand forest insurance promotion, raise the farmers’ income, rationally design insurance products, and optimize the forest premium subsidy policy to enhance the farmers’ willingness to participate in forest insurance.

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  • Qin, Tao & Gu, Xuesong & Tian, Zhiwei & Pan, Huanxue & Deng, Jing & Wan, Li, 2016. "An empirical analysis of the factors influencing farmer demand for forest insurance: Based on surveys from Lin’an County in Zhejiang Province of China," Journal of Forest Economics, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 37-51.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:foreco:v:24:y:2016:i:c:p:37-51
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2016.04.001
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    Forest insurance; Insurance demand; Influencing factors; Logit model;
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    • Q14 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Finance

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