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Trade policy and wage inequality: evidence from Indian manufacturing

Sen, Kunal - In: Indian Growth and Development Review 1 (2008) 2, pp. 147-171

wages of skilled workers can be attributed to the changes in trade policy that has occurred in the Indian economy since the …

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Trade liberalization and wage inequality in India: a mandated wage equation approach

Mishra, Prachi; Kusum Das, Deb - In: Indian Growth and Development Review 6 (2013) 1, pp. 113-127

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the relationship between trade liberalization and wages in India. Design … that trade reforms have been associated with a rise in the relative wages of medium‐skilled workers (defined as having … and inequality in India by focusing on the variation in skill categories. …

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When „the Rest“ enters „the West“: Indischer Tourismus in die Zentralschweiz

Frank, Sybille - In: Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft 4 (2012) 2, pp. 221-230

Zusammenfassung Bis vor kurzem führten touristische Reiserouten in der Regel vom globalen „Westen“ in den so genannten „Rest der Welt“. Doch was passiert, wenn Menschen aus dem globalen Osten und Süden plötzlich in der Rolle zu bedienst leistender Touristinnen vor den Türen...

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The SURE program and incentives for crop insurance participation : A theoretical and empirical analysis

Bekkerman, Anton; Smith, Vincent H.; Watts, Myles J. - In: Agricultural Finance Review 72 (2012) 3, pp. 381-401

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to show how provisions of the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program impacts production practices, and empirically examine changes in crop insurance participation rates as a means of measuring producer responses to the program....

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Livestock mortality insurance: development and challenges

Boyd, Milton; Pai, Jeffrey; Porth, Lysa - In: Agricultural Finance Review 73 (2013) 2, pp. 233-244

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...

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How Australian farmers deal with risk

Khuu, Amy; Juerg Weber, Ernst - In: Agricultural Finance Review 73 (2013) 2, pp. 345-357

Purpose – In Australia broadacre crops can be insured against hail and fire damage and some other perils but not against losses caused by drought, flood or frost. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the private provision of crop insurance in Western Australia....

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Testing for adverse selection of crop insurance in northern China

Hou, Linging; Hoag, Dana L.K.; Mu, Yueying - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 4, pp. 462-475

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the efficiency of current subsidized crop insurance products (SCIPs) in Miyun county, in northern China, by testing the existence of adverse selection. Design/methodology/approach – The authors examine the efficiency of SCIPs from a farmers'...

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Adverse selection in China's New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme

Qin, Lijian; Pan, Suwen; Wang, Chenggang; Jiang, Zhongyi - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 4 (2012) 1, pp. 69-83

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the adverse selection in participation in the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS), as well as in outpatient and inpatient service utilization, in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. Design/methodology/approach – Probit model is established to...

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Limited Competition, Information Asymmetry, and Organizational Forms

Seog, S. Hun - In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance 1 (2006) 2

The theory of information asymmetry has explained the coexistence of stock and mutual companies in the insurance market. However, there is discrepancy between the theory and empirical findings. This paper proposes a simple theory to fill the gap between the theory and empirical findings. Our...

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Assessing Adverse Selection in Crop Insurance Markets: An Application of Parametric and Nonparametric Methods

Makki, Shiva S.; Somwaru, Agapi L. - In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance 2 (2007) 1

This paper investigates adverse selection in crop insurance markets using both parametric and nonparametric methods. Our results reject the conditional independence of the choice of insurance contracts and risk of loss, implying the presence of informational asymmetries between insurers and...

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