Accounting for geographic basis risk in agricultural weather index insurance : how kriging prediction may improve protection against climate risk
Weather index insurance is a potential solution to a widely acknowledged problem of information asymmetries in agricultural crop insurance. Insurance where payouts depend on a weather index relies on accurate estimates of local weather, such as temperature and rainfall. Using a geostatistical krigin...
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| Language: | Inglés Swedish |
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SLU/Dept. of Economics
2019
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