Data on local hail risk in Switzerland

Abstract

This dataset contains information on local hail risk in Switzerland, on the level of municipalities, aggregated over the period 1961–2004. Data is provided by the Swiss hail insurance and is defined as the number of years with insured hail damages for each municipality in the period 1961–2004. The data was further described and used in this paper: Finger, R., Lehmann, N. (2012). The Influence of Direct Payments on Farmers' Hail Insurance Decisions. Agricultural Economics. 43(3): 343-354 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2012.00587.x