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The Asymmetric Effect of Dietary Knowledge on Nutrient Intake In China: Implications for Dietary Education Programs
Shimokawa, Satoru - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
food availability is increasing or decreasing. Using data from China, we find that overall dietary knowledge has larger and …, and protein) when expected food availability increases than when it decreases. Without distinguishing the direction of … changes in expected food availability, most of the corresponding effects become smaller and statistically insignificant. Thus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020961
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Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program or Traditional Government Payment Programs: What Factors Matter?
Chen, Yunguang; Wang, H. Holly; Patrick, George F. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Rankings of different risk management portfolios including Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE), traditional government payment programs, crop insurance and hedging in futures; and optimal choices of insurance coverage levels and hedge ratios are evaluated for a representative central Indiana...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068543
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Analyzing Federal Farm Program and Crop Insurance Options to Assess Policy Design and Risk Management Implications for Crop Producers
Lubben, Bradley; Stockton, Matthew; Protopop, Iuliia; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
policy from income support to risk management. A mix of price- and revenue-based commodity programs as well as yield- and … substitutability or overlap with other products and protection levels. The results provide insight for more effective policy design …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878690
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Whither Dairy Policy? Evaluating Expected Government Outlays and Distributional Impacts of Alternative 2013 Farm Bill Dairy Title Proposals
Newton, John; Thraen, Cameron S.; Bozic, Marin - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
an order of magnitude higher than those under existing programs. Under the current policy framework (MILC), farms with … net payments. Under the new policy regime farms with fewer than 100 cows will get 17-21% of net program benefits, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916024
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Modeling Correlated and Disaggregated Crop Revenue Distributions: Implications under Mixed Policy and Program Initiatives
Jansen, Jim A.; Stockton, Matthew C.; Lubben, Bradley D. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
This work outlines the quantitative procedures and results of the policy effects for alternative designs of federal …
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An Empirical Investigation of the Linkages between Government Payments and Farmland Leasing Arrangements
Qiu, Feng; Goodwin, Barry K.; Gervais, Jean-Philippe - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/29/10.
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Impacts of the SURE Standing Disaster Assistance Program on Producer Risk Management and Crop Insurance Programs
Anderson, John D.; Barnett, Barry J.; Coble, Keith H. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
This research investigates the potential effects of the row crop provisions of the standing disaster assistance program (SURE) in the 2008 Farm Bill. Results suggest little impact on producer crop insurance purchase decisions, though the program does seem to provide an incentive for mid-level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012553
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Analysis of the Supplemental Coverage Option
Gerlt, Scott; Westhoff, Patrick - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
The proposed Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) crop insurance program is included in both the House and Senate farm bills. We develop a county level model to analyze program indemnities. The FAPRI-MU stochastic U.S. model is used to estimate market effects of the program. We find the net...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909108
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909109