Risk Preferences and the Adoption of Subsidised Crop Insurance: Evidence from Lithuania

Abstract: Crop insurance adoption remains low among small and medium farms – despite financial public support in the form of premium subsidies. A better understanding of smaller farmers’ insurance decisions and contract attribute preferences is thus needed to encourage insurance solutions. Moreover, previous research has primarily examined risk preferences and insurance adoption among Western European farmers, while little is known about insurance markets and risk preferences in Central and Eastern European countries. We contribute to the literature by i) contrasting the current status of insurance adoption by Lithuanian farmers by farm size, ii) assessing farmers’ risk preferences and attitudes towards crop insurance, and iii) investigating small and medium farmers’ preferences for the characteristics of a new (hypothetical) subsidised multiple peril crop insurance (MPCI) product. Therefore, we conduct a socio-economic survey in Lithuania that features a risk preference elicitation task and.... https://www.tib-op.org/ojs/index.php/gjae/article/view/2228

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Risk Preferences and the Adoption of Subsidised Crop Insurance: Evidence from Lithuania ; volume:71 ; number:1 ; year:2022 ; German journal of agricultural economics ; 71, Heft 1 (2022)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Gassler, Birgit ; Rehermann, Regina

Further information

• DOI: 10.30430/gjae.2022.0125
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2409251019587.862301185652
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.