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- Title
Systemic Risk, Index Insurance, and Optimal Management of Agricultural Loan Portfolios in Developing Countries.
- Authors
Miranda, Mario J.; Gonzalez-Vega, Claudio
- Abstract
The article focuses on various issues related to agricultural loan portfolios in developing countries. It states that growing interests in the use of index insurance contracts have been showed by researchers in the field of development finance. It relates that index insurance avoids various problems that have plagued conventional insurance. Moreover, a numerical simulation model that examines how lenders might manage equity risk through the use of index insurance contracts is presented.
- Subjects
LOANS; INSURANCE policies; AGRICULTURE finance; AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURAL insurance; SIMULATION methods &; models; MONEYLENDERS; DEVELOPING countries
- Publication
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2011, Vol 93, Issue 2, p399
- ISSN
0002-9092
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ajae/aaq109