Insuring Well-Being? Buyer’s Remorse and Peace of Mind Effects From Insurance

We estimate the causal effects of index insurance coverage on subjective well-being among livestock herders in southern Ethiopia. By exploiting the randomized distribution of discount coupons and information treatments to instrument for the purchase of index-based livestock insurance, and three roun...

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Published in:American journal of agricultural economics 2019-04, Vol.101 (3), p.627-650
Main Authors: Tafere, Kibrom, Barrett, Christopher B., Lentz, Erin
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Agricultural economics
Bias
Coupons
Ethiopia
Index insurance
Insurance
Insurance coverage
Livestock
Panel data
Pastoralism
Remorse
Risk reduction
subjective well‐being
Uncertainty
vignettes
Welfare
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Bias
Coupons
Ethiopia
Index insurance
Insurance
Insurance coverage
Livestock
Panel data
Pastoralism
Remorse
Risk reduction
subjective well‐being
Uncertainty
vignettes
Welfare
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