Determinants of Participation in a Catastrophe Insurance Programme: Empirical Evidence from a Developing Country
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Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development; Risk and Uncertainty;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CWA-2008-11-18 (Central and Western Asia)
- NEP-DEV-2008-11-18 (Development)
- NEP-ENV-2008-11-18 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2008-11-18 (Insurance Economics)
- NEP-MFD-2008-11-18 (Microfinance)
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