The Influence of Government Support on the Crop Insurance Uptake
The Influence of Government Support on the Crop Insurance Uptake

Author(s): Monika Kaczała
Subject(s): Agriculture, Economic policy, Government/Political systems
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: crop insurance; subsidies; demand; state intervention; Poland;
Summary/Abstract: Rationales for government intervention in agricultural insurance market are widely approved. The main aim of this study is to identify the relationship between the crop insurance uptake and different government intervention on the Polish market. The local legislation restrictions as well as data available have been analyzed. The measure of crop insurance uptake was the amount of insured arable land. The most important instruments identified are: insurance obligation, premium subsidies and the possibility of insuring crops against a single risk (abolition of risk packages).

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