Credit, insurance and farmers’ liability: Evidence from a lab in the field experiment with coffee farmers in Costa Rica
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2019.09.004
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- Naranjo, Maria Angelica & Pieters, Janneke & Alpízar, Francisco, 2017. "Credit, Insurance and Farmers’ Liability: Evidence from a Lab in the Field Experiment with Coffee Farmers in Costa Rica," EfD Discussion Paper 17-4, Environment for Development, University of Gothenburg.
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Credit; Insurance; Liability; Agriculture;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
- Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy
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