delivered regardless of whether the subject buys insurance or not. The second risk is an avoidable loss contingent upon the … the scenario of risk-sharing in health insurance and agricultural production. We find that how people make redistributive …The distribution of income and wealth resulting from risk-taking behavior significantly affects cooperation and risk …

interest rates. However, in 2013 the Brazilian Government through Central Bank imposed mandatory farm insurance as a condition …

Livestock Risk Protection Insurance (LRP) is a risk management tool available to cattle producers protecting against … can be utilized by cattle producers of any size. LRP is generally offered five times a week with insurance termination …

Selecting the best wheat varieties affects producers’ profit and financial risk. This study identifies the optimal … wheat variety selection using the portfolio approach at various risk aversion levels. Results showed that the optimal wheat … variety selection was significantly affected by changes in levels of risk aversion of decision makers …

supports these assumptions. An empirical application of the arbitrage equations provides evidence that risk aversion and … subsidization of corn for ethanol, an increase in the variety of subsidized crop insurance products, or the introduction of new …

This study evaluates both the profitability and risk efficiency of grazing stocker steers on conservation tillage …. Stocker steer net return distributions by tillage treatment are constructed and ranked for risk efficiency using SERF. The … results indicate the NT system is the most profitable and most risk efficient of the three tillage systems, followed by the RT …

restoration and maintenance, land use, and degree of risk aversion are important factors in a landowner’s decisions to invest in …