Is Area Yield Insurance Competitive with Farm Yield Insurance?

This article compares risk reduction from MPCI and GRP crop insurance contracts. The analysis extends and improves on the existing area-yield insurance literature in four important respects. First, the geographical scope greatly exceeds that of previous work. Second, unlike previous efforts, the are...

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Main Authors: Barry J. Barnett, J. Roy Black, Yingyao Hu, Jerry R. Skees
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 2005-08-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31216