In 2009 Iowa farmers had the opportunity to enroll in a new revenue support programcalled ACRE. A survey showed that those who did enroll desired more risk protection andbelieved that payments from ACRE would exceed the value of direct payments forfeited.Operators who did not enroll said the...

In the context of U.S. farm policy, this paper analyzes the effect that expectationsabout base acreage and yield updating in future policies have on a farmer’s productiondecisions in the presence of price, yield and policy uncertainty. We consider a riskaverse farmer producing a single crop...

The objectives of this study were as follows (1) determine the extent to which late payment is affecting businesses in the UK and how this has changed in ten years; (2) to provide as assessment of credit granting behaviour among UK businesses during the last ten years; (3) to assess the...

This study uses panel data describing about 6,500 employees in a large international companyto study the incentive effects of performance related pay. The company uses two performancerelated remuneration mechanisms. One is an individual "surprise" bonus payment. The other isa more structured...