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Crop Failures from Temperature and Precipitation Shocks: Implications for U.S. Crop Insurance

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  • Perloff, Jeffrey M.
  • Schlenker, Wolfram
  • Sears, Molly
  • Wu, Ximing

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  • Perloff, Jeffrey M. & Schlenker, Wolfram & Sears, Molly & Wu, Ximing, 2020. "Crop Failures from Temperature and Precipitation Shocks: Implications for U.S. Crop Insurance," 2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri 304540, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea20:304540
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.304540
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