Informal risk-sharing between smallholders may be threatened by formal insurance: Lessons from a stylized agent-based model.

Microinsurance is promoted as a valuable instrument for low-income households to buffer financial losses due to health or climate-related risks. However, apart from direct positive effects, such formal insurance schemes can have unintended side effects when insured households lower their contributio...

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Main Authors: Meike Will, Jürgen Groeneveld, Karin Frank, Birgit Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0248757&type=printable
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