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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2011, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (5): 117-123.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20110519

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An Empirical Analysis on the Households' Willingness to Participate in Forest Insurance——A Case Study in Jiangxi Province

Liao Wenmei1, Peng Taizhong1, Cao Jianhua2   

  1. 1. Economy and Trade School, Jiangxi Agricultural University Nanchang 330045;2. Research Institute of Finance and Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Shanghai 200433
  • Received:2009-11-11 Revised:2010-02-08 Online:2011-05-25 Published:2011-05-25

Abstract:

The study makes an empirical analysis of households' willingness to participate in forest insurance by adopting the Logistic model. The result of regression indicates that the significance variables include householders age, their main source of household income, extent of economic losses caused by disasters, whether households have experienced forest disasters or not,how much know about the forest insurance, what attitude hold toward the demanding of forest insurance,what attitude hold toward forest insurance premiums, how much insurance can compensate,what willingness to participate in such insurance programs with state-subsidies.

Key words: forest insurance, willingness, Logistic model, household

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