Meso-level weather index insurance Overcoming low risk reduction potential of micro-level approaches

Weber, R. and Fecke, W. and Moeller, I. and Musshoff, O. (2015) Meso-level weather index insurance Overcoming low risk reduction potential of micro-level approaches. Agricultural Finance Review, 75 (1). pp. 31-46.

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Abstract

Using cotton yield, and rainfall data from Tajikistan, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the magnitude of weather induced revenue losses in cotton production. Hereby the authors look at different risk aggregation levels across political regions (meso-level). The authors then design weather index insurance products able to compensate revenue losses identified and analyze their risk reduction potential...

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Insurance, Index insurance, Risk aggregation, Tajikistan
Author Affiliation: Department for Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Georg-August-Universitaet, Goettingen, Germany
Subjects: Agricultural Engineering
Divisions: General
Depositing User: Mr B Krishnamurthy
Date Deposited: 14 Nov 2016 10:52
Last Modified: 14 Nov 2016 10:52
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/AFR-12-2014-0045
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/14521

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