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insurance in Western Australia. Design/methodology/approach – A farm survey was conducted with the cooperation of dryland … farmers belonging to Western Australian grower groups. The willingness to pay for hail insurance is modelled as a function of … willingness to pay for crop insurance one-to-one by 20 per cent. Adverse selection plays a minor role because almost all farmers …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a big picture of the current context of Chinese economy, the government policies on agriculture, and the role of agricultural risks and risk management against this background. Design/methodology/approach – The new Chinese economic challenges...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010688442
daily temperature and precipitation data collected by selected weather stations over several years. Insurance is structured …
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Purpose – The purpose of this research is examine the development of livestock mortality insurance, and associated … challenges, in order to provide an improved understanding regarding the operation of livestock mortality insurance. Design …/methodology/approach – In a many countries, livestock mortality insurance has been either unavailable or underdeveloped. A descriptive analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010688446
Purpose – The purpose of this research is examine the development of livestock mortality insurance, and associated … challenges, in order to provide an improved understanding regarding the operation of livestock mortality insurance. Design …/methodology/approach – In a many countries, livestock mortality insurance has been either unavailable or underdeveloped. A descriptive analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014667408
insurance in Western Australia. Design/methodology/approach – A farm survey was conducted with the cooperation of dryland … farmers belonging to Western Australian grower groups. The willingness to pay for hail insurance is modelled as a function of … willingness to pay for crop insurance one‐to‐one by 20 per cent. Adverse selection plays a minor role because almost all farmers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014667635
This paper examines the contract design problem of microfinance institutions seeking to maximize outreach to the poor while remaining financially sustainable. A dynamic model of group lending is developed that shows how optimal interest rates depend on information regarding moral hazard and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005007790
government-provided crop insurance plans. We present a methodology and illustrative simulations to show how these two types of … information problems interact in a way to create program costs for the providers of crop insurance. Our methodology allows us to … pointing out directions for future study seeking ways to improve the design of crop insurance plans. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005007799
This paper examines the contract design problem of microfinance institutions seeking to maximize outreach to the poor while remaining financially sustainable. A dynamic model of group lending is developed that shows how optimal interest rates depend on information regarding moral hazard and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014667212
government‐provided crop insurance plans. We present a methodology and illustrative simulations to show how these two types of … information problems interact in a way to create program costs for the providers of crop insurance. Our methodology allows us to … pointing out directions for future study seeking ways to improve the design of crop insurance plans.  …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014667234