Holdings: The Demand for Commodity Insurance by Developing Country Agricultural Producers : Theory and an Application to Cocoa in Ghana

The Demand for Commodity Insurance by Developing Country Agricultural Producers : Theory and an Application to Cocoa in Ghana

The author considers the benefit to agricultural producers of commodity price insurance that provides in every year-but in advance of the resolution of production and price uncertainty--a minimum price for a fixed or variable portion of production....

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Main Author:	Sarris, Alexander
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ADEQUATE SAFETY NETS AGENTS AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURE ASSETS BENCHMARK BENEFICIARIES COMMODITIES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION FUNCTION CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CONTINGENT VALUATION COVARIATE SHOCKS COVERAGE CPI CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP INSURANCE DECISION VARIABLES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DICHOTOMOUS CHOICE DISCOUNT RATE DROUGHT ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EQUILIBRIUM EXPECTED UTILITY EXPECTED VALUE EXPECTED VALUES EXPENDITURES EXPORTS FARM INCOME GDP HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS INCOME INCOME RISKS INCOME SUPPORT INDEMNITY INSURANCE INSURANCE CONTRACTS INSURANCE INDUSTRY INSURANCE SYSTEMS LEISURE LIBERALIZATION LIQUIDITY LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMIC GROWTH OPPORTUNITY COST OPTIMIZATION PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LINE PREMIUMS PRICE FLOOR PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRICE RISK PRICE VARIATIONS PRIVATE INSURANCE PRODUCERS PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTION PATTERNS PROGRAMS PUBLIC INSURANCE REAL INCOME RECIPROCITY RISK RISK AVERSION RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MITIGATION SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SELF INSURANCE SHARECROPPING SMOOTHING CONSUMPTION TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TIMBER TIME SERIES UTILITY FUNCTION WEATHER PATTERNS WILLINGNESS TO PAY WTP COMMODITY PRODUCERS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT MARKETING CASE STUDIES COCOA TRADE COMMODITY PRICES PRICE VOLATILITY INSURANCE PREMIUMS INCOME SECURITY LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS PRICE INDEXES PRICE MARGINS OPTION VALUE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/09/2017580/demand-commodity-insurance-developing-country-agricultural-producers-theory-application-cocoa-ghana http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19271

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/09/2017580/demand-commodity-insurance-developing-country-agricultural-producers-theory-application-cocoa-ghana
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19271

The Demand for Commodity Insurance by Developing Country Agricultural Producers : Theory and an Application to Cocoa in Ghana

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