The Impact of Index Insurance and Joint Liability on Borrowing and Risk Taking among Smallholder Farmers: Evidence from a Framed Field Experiment in Tanzania
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Financial Economics; International Development; Agricultural Finance;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2018-10-01 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2018-10-01 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2018-10-01 (Insurance Economics)
- NEP-MFD-2018-10-01 (Microfinance)
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