Agricultural inputs are experience goods: before purchasing them, buyers only observe their price, providing sellers an opportunity to cheat on quality. In a field experiment in rural Bangladesh, we replicate a market for experience goods, with agricultural input retailers (sellers) choosing...

Innovations in agricultural index insurance have raised expectations that the private sector can overcome shortcomings associated with more traditional indemnity-based products like multiperil crop insurance and strengthen agricultural risk management at scale across developing countries. This...