Macroinsurance for Microenterprises : A Randomized Experiment in Post-Revolution Egypt

Firms in many developing countries cite macroeconomic instability and political uncertainty as major constraints to their growth. We conduct a randomized experiment in post-revolution Egypt to measure the impact of insuring microenterprises against this uncertainty. Demand for macroeconomic shock in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Groh, Matthew, McKenzie, David
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22718