Riesgo Agropecuario: Incidencia Económica e Innovaciones para su mitigación. El caso de Argentina.

Miguel, Fusco and Dario, Bacchini and Esteban Otto, Thomasz (2014): Riesgo Agropecuario: Incidencia Económica e Innovaciones para su mitigación. El caso de Argentina.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to summarise a variety of dimensions of agricultural risk in Argentina and to propose different lines of research related to an integrated risk management framework at the macro and micro levels. First, we analyse the incidence of the primary sector in the Argentinean economy, to have one first dimension of the exposure to external shocks. Then, we present some major risks that affect small agricultural producers at a micro level. Finally, we introduce some financial innovations that reduce climate and price risk exposure, such as weather derivatives and index-based insurances.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Agricultural Risk Managment: Economic Incidence and Mitigation Innovations. The Case of Argentina.
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: agricultural risk, macroeconomic vulnerability, financial innovations, index-based insurances
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook > E61 - Policy Objectives ; Policy Designs and Consistency ; Policy Coordination; G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G22 - Insurance ; Insurance Companies ; Actuarial Studies; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q12 - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q14 - Agricultural Finance

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