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A Field Experiment on the Impact of Weather Shocks and Insurance on Risky Investment (2012)

Ruth Vargas Hill and Angelino Viceisza

Experimental Economics 15 (2), 341-371

This project finds that insurance can increase investments in risky purchases such as fertilizer. We collected experiment and survey data in rural villages in Ethiopia. Click the links below to explore the project further.





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