Replication Package for Get in the Zone: The Risk-Adjusted Welfare Effects of Data-Driven vs. Administrative Borders for Index Insurance Zones (Kirchner et al. 2025)

This repository contains - to the extent permitted by data privacy constraints - the data, scripts and instructions used for analysis reported in Kirchner et al. (2025) "Get in the Zone: The Risk-Adjusted Welfare Effects of Data-Driven vs. Administrative Borders for Index Insurance Zones", published in the Journal of Development Economics. The published article is available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103658

A description of the repository and usage instructions are provided in the README file.

This research was conducted by Ella Kirchner, Elinor Benami, Andrew Hobbs, Michael R. Carter, and Zhenong Jin. Please direct any questions or inquiries to Dr. Elinor Benami at [e-mail].