Demand for weather hedges in India: An empirical exploration of theoretical predictions:
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Keywords
index insurance; Economic theory; expected utility; weather index insurance; Risk; randomized experiment;NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2013-08-16 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-DEV-2013-08-16 (Development)
- NEP-EXP-2013-08-16 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2013-08-16 (Insurance Economics)
- NEP-SPO-2013-08-16 (Sports & Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2013-08-16 (Utility Models & Prospect Theory)
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