University thesis:
Dissertation, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 2017
Footnote:
Kumulative Arbeit
Description:
This cumulative dissertation discusses a range of topics related to the demand for and considerations around product design of weather index insurance instruments aimed at smallholder farmers’ risk management. The second chapter, “Demand for a Simple Weather Insurance Product in India: Theory and Evidence,” uses survey and administrative data from a project conducted in Madhya Pradesh, India during the 2010-2012 period. As part of this project, a new index insurance product was introduced to protect smallholder farmers of rainfed soybean from both deficit and excess rainfall during two cons...