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Index Insurance Quality and Basis Risk: Evidence from Northern Kenya

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  1. Berg, Erlend & Blake, Michael & Morsink, Karlijn, 2022. "Risk sharing and the demand for insurance: Theory and experimental evidence from Ethiopia," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 195(C), pages 236-256.
  2. B. W. Mazviona, 2022. "Maize Index Insurance And Management Of Climate Change In A Developing Economy," Strategic decisions and risk management, Real Economy Publishing House, vol. 12(4).
  3. Erwin Bulte & Rein Haagsma, 2021. "The Welfare Effects of Index-Based Livestock Insurance: Livestock Herding on Communal Lands," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 78(4), pages 587-613, April.
  4. Ceballos, Francisco & Robles, Miguel, 2020. "Demand heterogeneity for index-based insurance: The case for flexible products," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 146(C).
  5. Castaing, Pauline & Gazeaud, Jules, 2025. "Do index insurance programs live up to their promises? Aggregating evidence from multiple experiments," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 175(C).
  6. Hample, Kelsey C, 2021. "Formal insurance for the informally insured: Experimental evidence from Kenya," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 22(C).
  7. Nordmeyer, Eike Florenz & Danne, Michael & Musshoff, Oliver, 2023. "Can satellite-retrieved data increase farmers' willingness to insure against drought? – Insights from Germany," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 211(C).
  8. John, Felix & Toth, Russell & Frank, Karin & Groeneveld, Jürgen & Müller, Birgit, 2019. "Ecological Vulnerability Through Insurance? Potential Unintended Consequences of Livestock Drought Insurance," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 157(C), pages 357-368.
  9. Quentin Stoeffler & Michael Carter & Catherine Guirkinger & Wouter Gelade, 2022. "The Spillover Impact of Index Insurance on Agricultural Investment by Cotton Farmers in Burkina Faso," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 36(1), pages 114-140.
  10. Negi, Digvijay S., 2018. "Tail-dependent Rainfall Risk and Demand for Index based Crop Insurance," 2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C. 274481, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  11. Rippo, Ruggiero & Cerroni, Simone, 2021. "Farmers’ Participation in the Income Stabilization Tool: Evidence from the Apple Sector in Italy," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315191, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  12. Reimund Schwarze & Oleksandr Sushchenko, 2022. "Climate Insurance for Agriculture in Europe: On the Merits of Smart Contracts and Distributed Ledger Technologies," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-16, May.
  13. Arora, Gaurav & Agarwal, Sandip K., 2020. "Agricultural input use and index insurance adoption: Concept and evidence," 2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri 304508, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  14. Cécile Aubert & Yann Raineau & Marc Raynal & Nicolas Pasquier, 2024. "Multiple agricultural risks and insurance—issues, perspectives, and illustration for wine-growing," Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, Springer, vol. 105(4), pages 371-391, December.
  15. Sibiko, Kenneth W. & Qaim, Matin, 2017. "Weather Index Insurance, Agricultural Input Use, and Crop Productivity in Kenya," GlobalFood Discussion Papers 256214, Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen, GlobalFood, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development.
  16. Jensen, Nathaniel & Stoeffler, Quentin & Fava, Francesco & Vrieling, Anton & Atzberger, Clement & Meroni, Michele & Mude, Andrew & Carter, Michael, 2019. "Does the design matter? Comparing satellite-based indices for insuring pastoralists against drought," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 162(C), pages 59-73.
  17. Park, Eunchun & Harri, Ardian & Coble, Keith H., 2022. "Estimating Crop Yield Densities for Counties with Missing Data," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 47(3), September.
  18. Nordmeyer, Eike Florenz & Danne, Michael & Mußhoff, Oliver, 2022. "Farmers' Preferences for Satellite-based and Precipitation-based Index Insurance: Insights from Germany," 62nd Annual Conference, Stuttgart, Germany, September 7-9, 2022 329606, German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA).
  19. Timu, Anne G. & Gustafson, Christopher R. & Ikegami, Munenobu & Jensen, Nathaniel, 2018. "Indemnity Payouts, Learning from others and Index Insurance Uptake," 2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C. 274495, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  20. Ana Maria Loboguerrero & Bruce M. Campbell & Peter J. M. Cooper & James W. Hansen & Todd Rosenstock & Eva Wollenberg, 2019. "Food and Earth Systems: Priorities for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation for Agriculture and Food Systems," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-26, March.
  21. Benjamin L. Collier, 2020. "Strengthening Local Credit Markets Through Lender‐Level Index Insurance," Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 87(2), pages 319-349, June.
  22. Williams Ali & Awudu Abdulai & Ashok K. Mishra, 2020. "Recent Advances in the Analyses of Demand for Agricultural Insurance in Developing and Emerging Countries," Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 12(1), pages 411-430, October.
  23. Matthieu Stigler & Apratim Dey & Andrew Hobbs & David Lobell, 2022. "With big data come big problems: pitfalls in measuring basis risk for crop index insurance," Papers 2209.14611, arXiv.org.
  24. Xiao Lin & W. Jean Kwon, 2020. "Application of parametric insurance in principle‐compliant and innovative ways," Risk Management and Insurance Review, American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 23(2), pages 121-150, June.
  25. Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku & Ibrahim Ochenje, 2025. "Impact of index insurance on downside income risk: Evidence from northern Kenya," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 47(2), pages 863-891, May.
  26. Sarah A. Janzen & Michael R. Carter & Munenobu Ikegami, 2021. "Can insurance alter poverty dynamics and reduce the cost of social protection in developing countries?," Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 88(2), pages 293-324, June.
  27. Sarah Janzen & Nicholas Magnan & Conner Mullally & Soye Shin & I. Bailey Palmer & Judith Oduol & Karl Hughes, 2021. "Can Experiential Games and Improved Risk Coverage Raise Demand for Index Insurance? Evidence from Kenya," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 103(1), pages 338-361, January.
  28. Matthieu Stigler & David Lobell, 2020. "On the benefits of index insurance in US agriculture: a large-scale analysis using satellite data," Papers 2011.12544, arXiv.org, revised Nov 2021.
  29. Glenn W. Harrison & Jia Min Ng, 2019. "Behavioral insurance and economic theory: A literature review," Risk Management and Insurance Review, American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 22(2), pages 133-182, July.
  30. Wouter Zant, 2023. "How costly is using livestock as a savings device?," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 15(1), pages 77-110, February.
  31. Vincent Harry Alulu & Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku & Watson Lepariyo & Ambica Paliwal & Diba Galgallo & Wako Gobu & Rupsha Banerjee, 2024. "The impact of forage condition on household food security in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 16(5), pages 1265-1289, October.
  32. Nathaniel Jensen & Christopher Barrett, 2017. "Agricultural Index Insurance for Development," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 39(2), pages 199-219.
  33. Jensen, Nathaniel D. & Barrett, Christopher B. & Mude, Andrew G., 2017. "Cash transfers and index insurance: A comparative impact analysis from northern Kenya," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 129(C), pages 14-28.
  34. Jensen, Nathaniel D. & Mude, Andrew G. & Barrett, Christopher B., 2018. "How basis risk and spatiotemporal adverse selection influence demand for index insurance: Evidence from northern Kenya," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 172-198.
  35. Shin, Soye & Magnan, Nicholas & Mullally, Conner & Janzen, Sarah, 2022. "Demand for Weather Index Insurance among Smallholder Farmers under Prospect Theory," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 202(C), pages 82-104.
  36. Markhof,Yannick Valentin & Ponzini,Giulia & Wollburg,Philip Randolph, 2022. "Measuring Disaster Crop Production Losses Using Survey Microdata : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9968, The World Bank.
  37. Zhang, Jinggong, 2024. "Blended insurance scheme: A synergistic conventional-index insurance mixture," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 93-105.
  38. Reddy, Mallidi P.S.R. & Mathur, Ayush K. & Jain, Rohit K. & Agarwal, Sandip K. & Singh, Sriramjee, 2022. "Climate change and weather variability in crop modelling: Evidence from rice yield trials in India using LSTM model," 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California 322362, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  39. Li, Hong & Porth, Lysa & Tan, Ken Seng & Zhu, Wenjun, 2021. "Improved index insurance design and yield estimation using a dynamic factor forecasting approach," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 208-221.
  40. Matthieu Stigler & David Lobell, 2024. "Optimal index insurance and basis risk decomposition: an application to Kenya," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 106(1), pages 306-329, January.
  41. Huo, Ran & Octavio, Ramirez, 2017. "Basis risk and welfare effect of weather index insurance for smallholders in China," 2017 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2017, Mobile, Alabama 252816, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
  42. Graham, Michael W. & Chelanga, Philemon & Jensen, Nathaniel D. & Leitner, Sonja M. & Fava, Francesco & Merbold, Lutz, 2021. "A framework for assessing the effects of shock events on livestock and environment in sub-Saharan Africa: The COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Kenya," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 192(C).
  43. Njue, E. & Kirimi, L. & Mathenge, M., 2018. "Uptake of Crop Insurance among Smallholder Farmers: Insights from Maize Producers in Kenya," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277023, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  44. Stigler, Matthieu M. & Lobell, David, 2020. "Suitability of index insurance: new insights from satellite data," 2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri 304663, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  45. Jose Cobian & Budy P. Resosudarmo & Alin Halimatussadiah & Susan Olivia, 2022. "Demand for index-based flood insurance in Jakarta, Indonesia," Departmental Working Papers 2022-12, The Australian National University, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics.
  46. Kathryn Vasilaky & Sofía Martínez Sáenz & Radost Stanimirova & Daniel Osgood, 2020. "Perceptions of Farm Size Heterogeneity and Demand for Group Index Insurance," Games, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-21, March.
  47. Qingyin Cai & Yulian Ding & Calum Tuvey & Yuehua Zhang, 2021. "The influence of past experience on farmers’ preferences for hog insurance products: a natural experiment and choice experiment in China," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 46(3), pages 399-421, July.
  48. Hang Gao & Shuohua Yang & Xinli Liu, 2024. "Managing Basis Risks in Weather Parametric Insurance: A Quantitative Study of Diversification and Key Influencing Factors," Papers 2409.16599, arXiv.org.
  49. Edward Asiedu & Dorcas Sowah & Amin Karimu, 2024. "Impact of national health insurance enrolment on farm investments in Sub-Saharan Africa: empirical evidence from Ghana," Agricultural Finance Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 84(4/5), pages 320-341, September.
  50. Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu & Maggio, Dan & McPeak, John, 2025. "The protective role of index insurance in the experience of violent conflict: Evidence from Ethiopia," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).
  51. Leigh Johnson & Tahira Shariff Mohamed & Ian Scoones & Masresha Taye, 2023. "Uncertainty in the drylands: Rethinking in/formal insurance from pastoral East Africa," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 55(8), pages 1928-1950, November.
  52. Kenneth W. Sibiko & Matin Qaim, 2020. "Weather index insurance, agricultural input use, and crop productivity in Kenya," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 12(1), pages 151-167, February.
  53. Boyle, Colin F.H. & Haas, Jannik & Kern, Jordan D., 2021. "Development of an irradiance-based weather derivative to hedge cloud risk for solar energy systems," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 164(C), pages 1230-1243.
  54. Wouter Zant, 2022. "Two Birds with One Stone: Technology Adoption and Market Participation through Protection against Crop Failure," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 22-091/V, Tinbergen Institute.
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