Basis Risk, Social Comparison, Perceptions of Fairness and Demand for Insurance: A Field Experiment in Ethiopia
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Agricultural Finance; Risk and Uncertainty;NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2024-01-15 (Agricultural Economics)
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