Given the size and variability of U.S. federal outlays on agricultural support programs, alternative means of … contingent values of agricultural programs have often been based on the direct application of existing option valuation models …. There are several "exotic" option-like features embedded in the U.S. agricultural support programs, and thus the existing …

Government programs for agricultural commodities affect planting decisions and farm income for many producers. Many …

-agent theory, with special attention to the issues that are important in the agricultural sector in general and hog production in …-known Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) for 2004. In order to do this, contract growers' gains from contracting are measured …