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A Cost Function Analysis of Crop Insurance Moral Hazard and Agricultural Chemical Use

Liang, Yan; Coble, Keith H. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

This paper employs a cost function analysis method to investigate the existence of moral hazard in cotton buy-up insurance. The trans-log cost function estimates of the own-price elasticity of fertilizer, herbicide, and insecticide is -0.222, -0.143, and -0.121, respectively for Mississippi...

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A model of entry-exit decisions and capacity choice under demand uncertainty

Isik, Murat; Coble, Keith H.; Hudson, Darren; House, Lisa O. - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 28 (2003) 3

Many investment decisions of agribusiness firms, such as when to invest in an emerging market or whether to expand the … option-value model to examine the factors affecting an agribusiness firm's decision whether and how much to invest in an … results have implications for agribusiness decision-making. © 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. …

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Hedging a Government Entitlement: The Case of Countercyclical Payments

Anderson, John D.; Coble, Keith H.; Miller, J. Corey - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 39 (2007) 03

This research evaluates whether the introduction of countercyclical payments creates an incentive for program crop producers to hedge the expected government payment using futures and/or options. Results indicate that some level of countercyclical payment hedging is optimal for risk-averse...

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MEASUREMENT OF PRICE RISK IN REVENUE INSURANCE: IMPLICATIONS OF DISTRIBUTIONAL ASSUMPTIONS

Roberts, Matthew C.; Goodwin, Barry K.; Coble, Keith H. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 1998

A variety of crop revenue insurance programs is now available. These programs require measurement of price risk. This article investigates the appropriateness of distributional assumptions underlying current and proposed alternative actuarial methods. Our results find that prices are best...

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Food Chain Networks as a Leverage for Innovation Capacity

Kuhne, Bianka; Gellynck, Xavier - International European Forum on System Dynamics and … - 2009

Chain networks of manufacturers of traditional food products comprehend a large majority of micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs – firms employing less than 250 people). In a more and more globalised market with increasing competition, innovation is an important strategic tool...

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Agricultural economics and transition: What was expected, what we observed, the lessons learned Proceedings (Volume I / II)

Csaki, Csaba; Forgacs, Csaba; Koester, Ulrich; Liefert, … - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2008

Over fifteen years have elapsed since the transition from the centrally planned economic system started in the early 1990âs. During this time agricultural and rural areas of Central and Eastern Europe have undergone profound structural changes with wide variations in the degree of...

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Crop Revenue and Yield Insurance Demand: A Subjective Probability Approach

Shaik, Saleem; Coble, Keith H.; Knight, Thomas O.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 40 (2008) 03

A multinomial logit is utilized to model the choice of whether to purchase yield or revenue insurance using subjectively elicited survey data. Our results indicate that the demand for crop insurance is inelastic (-0.40), consistent with most earlier yield elasticity estimates, but the elasticity...

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Measuring price risk in rating revenue coverage : BS or no BS?

Goodwin, Barry K.; Harri, Ardian; Rejesus, Roderick M.; … - In: American journal of agricultural economics 100 (2018) 2, pp. 456-478

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ADVERSE SELECTION IN THE MARKET FOR CROP INSURANCE

Somwaru, Agapi; Makki, Shiva S.; Coble, Keith H. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 1998

This paper examines the potential for adverse selection when farmers are offered a portfolio of insurance policies. We analyze the risk characteristics farmers who bought alternative insurance instruments in 1996-97. Inability to differentiate farmers according to risk types results in pooling...

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FARM RISK POLICY AT A CROSSROAD

Coble, Keith H. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 18 (2000) 1

Legislatively mandated declines in government program payments have coincided with sharp declines in most major crop commodity prices. Thus, a debate has begun about the direction of future farm policy. The debate has been largely expressed in terms of a "safety net" for producers. This paper...

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