Many previous studies provide pricing models of options on futures spreads. However, none of them fully reflect the … distribution of calendar spreads and convenience yield for Chicago Board of Trade corn calendar spread options. Panel unit root …

: Healthy Meal-Restaurant Index (HM-RI) and Healthy Retail Food Store Index (HRSI). Methods: All restaurants and retail food …

farmers' needs, expensive, benefiting agro-business, risk of decreased biodiversity), but does indicate that contamination of …

, and on attributes associated with both business arrangements. Risk-averse farmers should be willing to pay a risk premium … for the reduction in price risk provided by a contract. Farmers with a preference for "autonomy" should be willing to pay … and own the commodity they produce. The benefits to growers from contracting (such as risk reduction) may be over …

Risk and uncertainty in a water market will generate trading patterns that differ from those expected under conditions … generated by differences in risk. Some farmers will choose to reduce relative risk by purchasing additional water rights whereas … permanent rights markets, farmers who are better able to bear risk are more likely to participate in the spot market than those …

management strategy for several levels of risk aversion. Research Methods Hard red winter wheat grain yield data were produced in … included the per acre cost of chemical as well as the per acre rental rate for ground application. Risk analysis was conducted … treatment cost that would entice wheat producers to use fungicide for several levels of risk aversion. Potential for Generating …