Estimation of crop yield distribution and Insurance Premium using Shrinkage Estimator: A Hierarchical Bayes and Small Area Estimation Approach
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Crop Insurance; Small area estimation; Hierarchical Bayes; Farm Management; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty;NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2012-07-23 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-ALL-2012-07-23 (All new papers)
- NEP-IAS-2012-07-23 (Insurance Economics)
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