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Crop Insurance under Asymmetric Information and Different Government Objectives

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  • Mavroutsikos, Charalampos
  • Giannakas, Konstantinos
  • Walters, Cory G.

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  • Mavroutsikos, Charalampos & Giannakas, Konstantinos & Walters, Cory G., 2018. "Crop Insurance under Asymmetric Information and Different Government Objectives," 2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C. 273880, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.273880
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