Rural households in developing countries are faced with a variety of risks to both income processes and consumption streams. Additionally, due to the lack of formal financial markets and credit institutions, and in general any formal insurance mechanisms, households are less equipped to respond...

Prior to the 2012-13 season, NFL franchises had the option to significantly adjust their TV blackout policies for the first time since 1973. Using data from team policy choices and local TV blackouts during the 2007-08 to 2014-15 seasons, we examine whether the policy change was effective in...

Rural households in developing countries are faced with a variety of risks to both income processes and consumption streams. The literature examining household risk management and coping strategies primarily focuses upon the ability of households to respond to idiosyncratic income shocks in the...