Weather is a key source of income risk, especially in emerging market economies. This paper uses a randomized controlled trial involving Indian farmers to study how an innovative rainfall insurance product affects production decisions. The authors find that insurance provision induces farmers to invest more in higher-return but rainfall-sensitive cash crops, particularly among educated farmers. This shift in behavior occurs ex ante, when realized...
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تفاصيل
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2013/7/01
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WPS6546
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2013/7/01
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How does risk management influence production decisions? evidence from a field experiment
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farmer
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نسخة رسمية من الوثيقة (قد تضم توقيعات، الخ)
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