paper measures the extent to which risk management tools, especially direct payments and crop insurance, can significantly … reduce crop income volatility in France and in Italy. We use an original dataset of 9,555 farms for the period 2003 … management tools (European payments, crop insurance and inputs) to improve their income and reduce its volatility. French farms …

This paper provides a theoretical analysis of the benefits for an insurance company to develop its own network of … service providers when insurance fraud is characterized by collusion between policyholders and providers. In a static … framework without collusion, exclusive affiliation of providers allows insurance companies to recover some market power and to …

in the decision to use chemical inputs. We show that taking out crop insurance functions as a substitute for inputs and … observe a double moral hazard effect: Winegrowers who increase their insurance coverage reduce their consumption of inputs the …

, physical size and turnover all act as a driving force in deciding to use inputs. Taking out crop insurance acts as a substitute … most increase their insurance and receive greater compensation – and moral hazard effect – the wine-growers who …

parameters using a panel data from France customs service. …