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  1. Input use under cost-of-production crop insurance: Theory and evidence by He, Juan, Zheng, Xiaoyong, Rejesus, Roderick, Yorobe, Jose

    Published 2020
    “…There have been a number of previous studies that examined the effects of yield‐ or revenue‐based crop insurance products on input use of farmers. However, no study has specifically investigated the input use impacts of a cost‐of‐production (COP) crop insurance policy, even though this type of crop insurance is the predominant one used in several other countries outside of the United States (such as the Philippines and China). …”
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  2. Small farmers’ preferences for weather index insurance: insights from Kenya by Sibiko, Kenneth W., Veettil, Prakashan C., Qaim, Matin

    Published 2018
    “…Smallholder farmers in developing countries are particularly vulnerable to climate shocks but often lack access to agricultural insurance. Weather index insurance (WII) could reduce some of the problems associated with traditional, indemnity-based insurance programs, but uptake has been lower than expected. …”
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