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Statistical Analysis of Rainfall Insurance Payouts in Southern India

2007; Wiley; Volume: 89; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01092.x

1467-8276

Xavier Giné, Robert Townsend, James Vickery,

Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

American Journal of Agricultural EconomicsVolume 89, Issue 5 p. 1248-1254 Principal Paper Sessions Statistical Analysis of Rainfall Insurance Payouts in Southern India Xavier Giné, Xavier Giné Dr. World Bank, DECRGSearch for more papers by this authorRobert Townsend, Robert Townsend Prof. University of ChicagoSearch for more papers by this authorJames Vickery, James Vickery Dr. Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkSearch for more papers by this author Xavier Giné, Xavier Giné Dr. World Bank, DECRGSearch for more papers by this authorRobert Townsend, Robert Townsend Prof. University of ChicagoSearch for more papers by this authorJames Vickery, James Vickery Dr. Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkSearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 December 2007 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01092.xCitations: 50 We acknowledge the financial support of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, SECO, CRMG and the Global Association of Risk Professionals, GARP. We thank representatives from ICICI Lombard for their assistance, and Zhenyu Wang for comments. Paola de Baldomero Zazo and Sarita Subramanian provided outstanding research assistance. Views expressed in this paper are the authors' and should not be attributed to the World Bank, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or the Federal Reserve System. Email: [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected]. This article was presented in a principal paper session at the AAEA annual meeting (Portland, OR, July 2007). The articles in these sessions are not subjected to the journal's standard refereeing process. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat References Barnett, B., and O. Mahul Weather Index Insurance for Agriculture and Rural Areas in Lower Income Countries American Journal of Agricultural Economics 2007 89 (5): 1241–1247 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01091.x Web of Science®Google Scholar Cole, S., and P. Tufano BASIX 2007 Harvard Business School Press Harvard Business School Case 9-207-299 Google Scholar K. Froot The Financing of Catastrophe Risk Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. 10.7208/chicago/9780226266251.001.0001 Web of Science®Google Scholar Froot, K., and J. Stein Risk Management, Capital Budgeting, and Capital Structure Policy for Financial Institutions: An Integrated Approach Journal of Financial Economics 47(1998): 55–82 10.1016/S0304-405X(97)00037-8 Web of Science®Google Scholar Froot, K., D. Scharfstein, and J. Stein Risk Management: Coordinating Corporate Investment and Financing Policies Journal of Finance 48(1993): 1629–57 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1993.tb05123.x Web of Science®Google Scholar Giné, X., R. Townsend, and J. Vickery Patterns of Rainfall Insurance Participation in Rural India 2007 April World Bank Working Paper Google Scholar Jacoby, H., and E. Skoufias Testing Theories of Consumption Behavior Using Information on Aggregate Shocks: Income Seasonality and Rainfall in Rural India American Journal of Agricultural Economics 80(1998): 1–14 10.2307/3180264 Web of Science®Google Scholar Paxson, C. Using Weather Variability to Estimate the Response of Consumption to Changes in Transitory Income in Thailand American Economic Review 82(1992): 15–33 Web of Science®Google Scholar Saunders, A., and M. Cornett Financial Institutions Management: A Risk Management Approach 2006 5th ed. New York McGraw Hill Book Co. Google Scholar Townsend, R. Risk and Insurance in Village India Econometrica 62(1994): 539–92 10.2307/2951659 Web of Science®Google Scholar World Bank Managing Agricultural Production Risk: Innovations in Developing Countries 2005 June World Bank Agriculture and Rural Development Department, World Bank Press Google Scholar Zanjani, G. Pricing and Capital Allocation in Catastrophe Insurance Journal of Financial Economics 65(2002): 283–305 10.1016/S0304-405X(02)00141-1 Web of Science®Google Scholar Zitzewitz, E. How Widespread Was 'Late Trading' in Mutual Funds? American Economic ReviewPapers and Proceedings) 2006 96 (2): 284–89 10.1257/000282806777211892 Web of Science®Google Scholar Citing Literature Volume89, Issue5December 2007Pages 1248-1254 ReferencesRelatedInformation