Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India

Why do many households remain exposed to large exogenoussources of non-systematic income risk? We use a series of randomized field experiments in rural India to test the importance of price and non-price factors in the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product. We find demand is significa...

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Main Authors: Cole, Shawn (Author), Gine, Xavier (Author), Tobacman, Jeremy (Author), Topalova, Petia (Author), Townsend, Robert (Contributor), Vickery, James (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2012-10-04T14:53:23Z.
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