Innovations in agricultural index insurance have raised expectations that the private sector
can overcome shortcomings associated with more traditional indemnity-based products like …

The gains from insurance arise from the transfer of income across states. Yet, by requiring
that the premium be paid up front, standard insurance products also transfer income across …

We study the intricate interplay between ecological and evolutionary processes through the
lens of the prisoner's dilemma game. But while previous studies on cooperation amongst …

We present the first systematic review of the literature on farmer time preference
measurements across Europe and North America. We synthesize methodological …

Climate change which is mainly caused by carbon emissions is a global problem affecting
the economic development and well-being of human society. Low-carbon agriculture is of …

Despite decades of sustained efforts by both the national and state governments to enhance
the adoption of crop insurance in India, a low adoption rate is continuously reported. Hence …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore and prioritize the barriers that affect weather
index-insurance (WII) adoption among customers by utilizing interpretive structural …

The diffusion of credit cards may have relaxed households' liquidity constraints, thereby
stimulating the diffusion of commercial insurance. By investigating Chinese urban …

Replicator dynamics is widely used in evolutionary game theory, however, most previous
studies on replicator dynamics focus on single games and ignore multiple social dilemmas …

Agricultural production is a risky activity subject to several contingencies that make farming
incomes unstable and unpredictable from year to year. Bakst, Sewell, and Wright (2016) …