Which factors would affect crop insurance demand in Italy?

Fabian Capitanio

Italy

Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Dipartimento Di Economia e Politica Agraria

Felice Adinolfi

Italy

University of Bologna

Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Veterinarie

Jorgelina Di Pasquale

Italy

University of Bologna

Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Veterinarie

Francesco Contò

Italy

Università degli Studi di Foggia

Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Matematiche e Statistiche

Submitted: 2016-03-04

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Published: 2013-06-11

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7201/earn.2013.01.01
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Public support, CAP–reform and risk management, Crop insurance, Insurance demand

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This research was not funded

Abstract:

This paper is aimed to highlight the factor which mainly affect the crop insurance demand in Italy. By using Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN), we carried out a logit model to implement the econometrics analysis for this scope. The higher concentration in high size farmers of the policy, stimulate a reflection on the public role in support of risk management in agriculture, reconsidering the “social” nature of this kind of support, at least if only direct versus crop insurance.
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