This paper provides novel evidence on how risk exposure shapes the demand for index-based weather insurance. The focus … explained by insurance purchasers adapting their risk perception in response to recent weather risks. The findings of this paper … weather events that cause high livestock mortality. Using a two-way fixed effect model and country-wide district-level data …

This paper deals with the effect of (i) damage experience from extreme weather events and (ii) expectations concerning …. The effect of experienced weather events on SWB of the heads of the households is only significant for heat waves; not for … weather experiences are quantified. It becomes apparent that the indirect effect is significant but small compared to the …

analy-sis reveals that the personal experience with extreme weather events (and particularly heat-waves) alone is already … stronger effects. A rising number of extreme weather events and consequential personal damages in the future might thus further …