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Can Financial Markets be Tapped to Help Poor People Cope with Weather Risks?

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Skees, Jerry
Varangis, Panos
Larson, Donald
Siegel, Paul

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Keywords: Risk management; Insurance ; Weather risks; Natural disasters;

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  1. Skees, Jerry R., 2000. "A role for capital markets in natural disasters: a piece of the food security puzzle," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 25(3), pages 365-378, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Kunreuther, Howard, 1996. "Mitigating Disaster Losses through Insurance," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 12(2-3), pages 171-87, May.
  3. Kunreuther, Howard & Slovic, Paul, 1978. "Economics, Psychology, and Protective Behavior," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 68(2), pages 64-69, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Louis Kaplow, 1991. "Incentives and Government Relief for Risk," NBER Working Papers 3007, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. Noll, Roger G, 1996. "The Complex Politics of Catastrophe Economics," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 12(2-3), pages 141-46, May.
  6. Gautam, Madhur & Hazell, Peter & Alderman, Harold, 1994. "Rural demand for drought insurance," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1383, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
  7. Jonathan Morduch, 1999. "The Microfinance Promise," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 37(4), pages 1569-1614, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  8. Kunreuther, Howard & Meszaros, Jacqueline & Hogarth, Robin M. & Spranca, Mark, 1995. "Ambiguity and underwriter decision processes," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 26(3), pages 337-352, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  9. Epstein, Richard A, 1996. "Catastrophic Responses to Catastrophic Risks," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 12(2-3), pages 287-308, May.
  10. Dawson, P. J., 1988. "Labour on the family farm: A theory under uncertainty," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 1(4), pages 365-380, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  11. Skees, Jerry & Hazell, P. B. R. & Miranda, Mario, 1999. "New approaches to crop yield insurance in developing countries:," EPTD discussion papers 55, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
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  1. Turvey, Calum & Weersink, Alfons, 2005. "Pricing Weather Insurance with a Random Strike Price: An Application to the Ontario Ice Wine Harvest," 2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI 19255, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]
  2. Hao, Jianqiang & Skees, Jerry, 2003. "Structuring Institutions To Share Local Weather Risk Globally," 2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada 21973, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]
  3. Skees, Jerry R. & Barnett, Barry J. & Murphy, Anne G., 2007. "Creating insurance markets for natural disaster risk in lower income countries: the potential role for securitization," 101st Seminar, July 5-6, 2007, Berlin Germany 9272, European Association of Agricultural Economists. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Carriquiry, Miguel A. & Osgood, Daniel E., 2006. "Index Insurance, Production Practices, and Probabilistic Climate Forecasts," 2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA 21463, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]
  5. Kalavakonda, Vijay & Mahul, Olivier, 2005. "Crop insurance in Karnataka," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3654, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
  6. Stefan Baumgärtner & Martin F. Quaas, 2007. "Agro-biodiversity as natural insurance and the development of financial insurance markets," Working Paper Series in Economics 61, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  7. Varangis, Panos & Siegel, Paul & Giovannucci, Daniele & Lewin, Bryan, 2003. "Dealing with the coffee crisis in Central America - impacts and strategies," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2993, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
  8. Leiva, Akssell J. & Skees, Jerry R., 2006. "An Empirical Evaluation of Irrigation Insurance for Agricultural Systems in the Mexican Northwest," Annual Meeting, May 25-28, 2006, Montreal, Quebec 34177, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society. [Downloadable!]
  9. Goes, Anne & Skees, Jerry, 2003. "Financing Natural Disaster Risk Using Charity Contributions And Ex Ante Index Insurance," 2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada 22188, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]
  10. Stefan Dercon (QEH), Tessa Bold, Cesar Calvo, . "Insurance for the Poor?," QEH Working Papers qehwps125, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford. [Downloadable!]
  11. Martin F. Quaas & Stefan Baumgärtner, 2006. "Natural vs. financial insurance in the management of public-good ecosystems," Working Paper Series in Economics 34, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  12. Molini, Vasco Michiel & Keyzer, Michiel & van den Boom, Bart & Zant, Wouter, 2007. "Creating safety nets through semi-parametric index-based insurance: A simulation for Northern Ghana," 101st Seminar, July 5-6, 2007, Berlin Germany 9263, European Association of Agricultural Economists. [Downloadable!]
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