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On the Systemic Nature of Weather Risk
Xu, Wei; Filler, Gunther; Odening, Martin; Okhrin, Ostap - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
Systemic weather risk is a major obstacle for the formation of private (nonsubsidized) crop insurance. This paper explores the possibility of spatial diversification of insurance by estimating the joint occurrence of unfavorable weather conditions in different locations. For that purpose copula...
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Optimal Design of Weather Bonds
Xu, Wei; Odening, Martin; Musshoff, Oliver - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2008
Replaced with revised version of paper 06/17/08.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005523016
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Weather Risk and Cropping Intensity: A Non-Stationary and Dynamic Panel Modeling Approach
Khanal, Aditya R.; Mishra, Ashok K.; Bhattarai, Madhusan - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
Climatic conditions and weather play an important role in production agriculture. Using district level panels for 42 years from India and dynamic panel estimation procedure we estimate the impact of weather risk on cropping intensity. Our non-stationary and dynamic panel model results suggest...
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Factors Affecting Producer Participation in State-Sponsored Marketing Programs By Fruit and Vegetable Growers in Tennessee
Davis, James A.; Velandia, Margarita M.; Clark, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
State programs promoting agricultural products have proliferated in response to increased consumer interest in locally grown foods. Tennessee, for example, currently has two state-sponsored programs promoting Tennessee agricultural products. This study examines the factors associated with fruit...
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PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN PROMOTING HIGH EXTERNAL-INPUT TECHNOLOGIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: THE SASAKAWA GLOBAL 2000 EXPERIENCE IN ETHIOPIA AND MOZAMBIQUE
Howard, Julie A.; Kelly, Valerie A.; Maredia, Mywish K.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 1999
Critics argue that high external input technologies are too costly for African farmers, and that pilot programs to promote them are economically unsustainable. This paper assesses Sasakawa-Global 2000 programs in Ethiopia and Mozambique; budgets, yield models and subsector analysis help explain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005525908
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Do input subsidies crowd in or crowd out other soil fertility management practices? Evidence from Zambia
Levine, Kendra; Mason, Nicole M. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
It is recognized that inorganic fertilizer, as is commonly distributed in large-­‐scale input subsidy programs, must be … fertilizer on probability of adoption of each practice using a maximum likelihood probit model and the effect on number of … hectares under each practice with a maximum likelihood Tobit model. The endogeneity of fertilizer distribution is tested and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068742
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Input Subsidy Programs and Commercial Market Development: Modeling Fertilizer Use Decisions in a Two-Channel Marketing System
Xu, Zhiying; Jayne, Thomas S.; Govereh, Jones - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2006
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/18/06.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005804929
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Modeling Dependence in the Design of Whole Farm---A Copula-Based Model Approach
Zhu, Ying; Ghosh, Sujit K.; Goodwin, Barry K. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2008
The objective of this study is to evaluate and model the risks of corn and soybean production. This study focuses on the risk of revenue variability that arises from changes in prices, yields shortfalls or both. There are several models for price and yield risk factors for corn and soybeans. For...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005523041
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The Political Economy of the 2014 Farm Bill
Orden, David; Zulauf, Carl R. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2015
This article assesses the political economy of the 2014 farm bill, which eliminated annual fixed direct payments but offers enhanced downside risk protection against low prices or declining revenue. The farm bill secured substantial bipartisan majorities in a politically contentious Congress....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125503
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Examining Contemporaneous Farm and County Losses Using Farm Level Data
Zulauf, Carl R.; Demircan, Vecdi; Scnhitkey, Gary; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
Characteristics of farm level yield and revenue loss that is systemic with yield and revenue loss at the county, state, and U.S. level are examined using farm yields from the Illinois and Kansas farm business management associations. The data begins with 1972. Share of yield and revenue loss...
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