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Why Do Members of Congress Support Agricultural Protection?
Bellemare, Marc F.; Carnes, Nicholas - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
It seems paradoxical that until recently, developed countries have continued subsidizing agriculture even though their agricultural sectors had been declining in relative importance since the middle of the 20th century. What drives support for agricultural protection—the broad array of...
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Political Economy of Crop Insurance Risk Subsidies under Imperfect Information
Bulut, Harun; Collins, Keith J. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
We consider a political economy where government cares about risk-averse farmers’ loss of income and yet incurs … their risk). It is assumed that marginal political cost is high enough so that the possibility of monetary support to … their risks through fairly priced insurance In comparing 1) and 3), if the information problems prevent risk-averse farmers …
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The Effect of Climate on Crop Insurance Premium Rates and Producer Subsidies
Tack, Jesse B. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
temperature on premium rates and subsidies for the Group Risk Plan. We found a statistically significant increase in rates, which …
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Institutional Barries to an Insurance-Based Farm Safety Net
Anderson, John; Young, Robert; Davis, Todd - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
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The Effect of Climate Change, CO2 Fertilization, and Crop Production Technology on Crop Yields and Its Economic Implications on Market Outcomes and Welfare Distribution
Attavanich, Witsanu; McCarl, Bruce A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Many studies have done econometric estimates of how climate alters crop yields and or land rents in an effort to gain information on potential effects of climate change. However, an important related factor, the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration, and in fact a driver of climate...
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