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How does investment in agricultural insurance promote agricultural development? Mediating effect of green total factor productivity

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  • Yang, Li
  • Wang, Zi
  • Lee, Jong-In
  • Wang, Ting-Yong

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This study uses provincial-level data from China spanning 2011 to 2022 to examine how agricultural insurance investment and green total factor productivity (GTFP) influence high-quality agricultural development. The findings show that agricultural insurance investment significantly promotes such development and that its impact varies across regions. Additionally, GTFP serves as a mediating factor in this relationship, with the strength and nature of this mediating effect differing by region.

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  • Yang, Li & Wang, Zi & Lee, Jong-In & Wang, Ting-Yong, 2025. "How does investment in agricultural insurance promote agricultural development? Mediating effect of green total factor productivity," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:81:y:2025:i:c:s1544612325007445
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2025.107485
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