Risk, Agricultural Production, and Weather Index Insurance in Village South Asia
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.205297
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- Michler, Jeffrey D. & Viens, Frederi & Shively, Gerald, 2015. "Risk, Agricultural Production, and Weahter Index Insurance in Village South Asia," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 212460, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
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Keywords
Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C11 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Bayesian Analysis: General
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
- Q16 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - R&D; Agricultural Technology; Biofuels; Agricultural Extension Services
- Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2015-08-01 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2015-08-01 (Insurance Economics)
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