Compound-Risk Aversion, Ambiguity, and the Willingness to Pay for Microinsurance

Ghada Elabed and Michael Carter

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Abstract: Index insurance—in which payments are based on an index correlated with, but not identical to, individual losses—has been faced with an unexpectedly low uptake, despite its promise as a tool for poverty alleviation.

Keywords: Index insurance; , Risk and uncertainty , Compound risk , Ambiguity , Field experiments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-10-30
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