Is the crop insurance program effective in China? Evidence from farmers analysis in five provinces

This paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Chinese crop insurance program in terms of farmers' utility and welfare. A simulation model based on the power utility function was first developed to evaluate the effectiveness of crop insurance. Then, the Monte Carlo approach was used to ge...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ke WANG, Qiao ZHANG, Shingo Kimura, Suraya Akter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-10-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209531191460842X