Table of contents - Special Issue: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), Finance Section Papers, Annual Meeting, August 4-6 2013, Washington DC
Crop insurance loss experience, ratings changes, and impacts on participants
Bruce J. Sherrick, Gary D. Schnitkey, Joshua D. WoodwardThe purpose of this paper is to provide empirical information about the past loss experience in major US crop insurance programs, and documents the impacts of ratings changes…
The potential for crop insurance reform
Nicholas D. Paulson, Bruce Babcock, Jonathan CoppessThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the growth and rising costs association with the Federal Crop Insurance program in the USA, justifications for public support, and recent…
Big assumptions for small samples in crop insurance
Ashley Elaine Hungerford, Barry GoodwinThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of crop insurance premiums being determined by small samples of yields that are spatially correlated. If spatial…
A comparison of data collected through farm management associations and the Agricultural Resource Management Survey
Todd H. Kuethe, Brian Briggeman, Nicholas D. Paulson, Ani L. Katchova– The purpose of this paper is to compare the characteristics of farms who participate in farm management associations to the wider population of farms at the state level.
Default risk in agricultural lending, the effects of commodity price volatility and climate
Carlos Castro, Karen GarciaCommodity price volatility and small variations in climate conditions may have an important impact on the creditworthiness of any agricultural project. The evolution of such risk…
Are agribusiness stocks an investor safe haven?
Jeremy M. D’Antoni, Joshua Dean Detre– The purpose of this paper is to determine how an index of agribusiness stocks performs relative to the S&P 500 particularly in times of recession.
Willingness to pay for agricultural crop insurance in the northern EU
Petri Liesivaara, Sami MyyräThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the demand for crop insurance. Moreover, farmer willingness to pay (WTP) for crop insurance was derived. Factors affecting the demand…
Hedging weather risk for corn production in Northeastern China: The efficiency of weather-indexed insurance
Baojing Sun, Changhao Guo, G. Cornelis van KootenThe paper analyzes the hedging efficiency of weather-indexed insurance for corn production in Northeast of China. The purpose of this paper is to identify the potential weather…
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- Dr. Todd Keuthe