Weather is a key source of income risk, particularly in emerging market economies. This paper uses a randomized controlled trial involving a sample of Indian farmers to study how an innovative rainfall insurance product affects production decisions. We find that insurance provision induces...

Remarks at the Regional Economic Press Briefing, New York City.

Remarks at Queens Chamber of Commerce and Queens Economic Development Corporation, Flushing, New York City.

Remarks at Queens College, Flushing, New York.

Remarks at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

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Remarks at the Washington and Lee University H. Parker Willis Lecture in Political Economics, Lexington, Virginia.

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