Demand for Optional Units in Crop Insurance

This article demonstrates the importance of temporal-spatial yield, acreage and price risk apart from price in addressing the importance of optional unit provision in Federal crop insurance program. Specifically, based on 1998 U.S. cotton producers data, the demand for optional versus basic unit is examined using binomial logit model.

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Year of publication:	2003
Authors:	Shaik, Saleem ; Atwood, Joseph A.
Institutions:	Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA
Subject:	Risk and Uncertainty

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada Number 21890
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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