A substantial literature has analyzed the challenges around weather index insurance, yet an important design issue has been generally overlooked.
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Estimating spatial basis risk in rainfall index insurance: Methodology and application to excess rainfall insurance in Uruguay
This paper develops a novel methodology to estimate the degree of spatial basis risk for an arbitrary rainfall index insurance instrument.