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Why do many households remain exposed to large exogenous sources 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. Demand is significantly pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Townsend, Robert M., Cole, Shawn, Tobacman, Jeremy, Gine, Xavier, Vickery, James Ian, Topalova, Petia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Colección:IMF working paper (Online) ; WP/12/195.
Temas:
Financial risk > India.
Risk management > India.
Risque financier > Inde.
Gestion du risque > Inde.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Organizational Behavior.
Financial risk.
Risk management.
India.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Abstract; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Insurance Contract Design and Summary Statistics; A. Product Description; B. Summary Statistics; III. Experimental Design; IV. Experimental Results; A. Andhra Pradesh; B. Gujarat: Video Experiments; C. Gujarat: Flyer Experiments; V. Discussion of Experimental Results; A. Price Relative to Actuarial Value; B. Trust; C. Liquidity Constraints; D. Financial Literacy and Education; E. Framing, Salience and Other Behavioral Factors; VI. Non-Experimental Evidence; A. Correlates of Insurance Purchase; B. Self-Reported Explanations for Non-Purchase.
  • VII. Improving Household Risk Management: Tentative Lessons and ConclusionsReferences; VIII. Appendix.

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