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The Demand for Specialty-Crop Insurance: Adverse Selection and Inefficiency
Richards, Timothy J.; Mischen, Pamela - In: Journal of Agribusiness 16 (1998) 1
The twin problems of moral hazard and adverse selection are often blamed for the lack of insurance for many fruits and vegetables. This paper develops an alternative method of testing for adverse selection that uses a two-stage approach to determine the effects of technical inefficiency on the...
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INSTABILITY AND RISK IN U.S. AGRICULTURE
Goodwin, Barry K. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 18 (2000) 1
The U.S. government has been extensively involved in providing income support and risk management policies for U.S. farmers over the last 65 years. Risk management policies have included crop insurance, disaster relief, and in recent years, revenue insurance. Recent policy changes signaled an...
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EVALUATION OF CROP INSURANCE PREMIUM RATES FOR GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA PEACHES
Miller, Stephen E.; Kahl, Kandice H.; Rathwell, P. James - In: Journal of Agribusiness 18 (2000) 3
We estimate actuarially fair premium rates for yield insurance for Georgia and South Carolina peaches for comparison to the premium rates established by the Risk Management Agency (RMA) for the 1999 crop. The RMA premium rates varied from county to county, but were identical for all growers in a...
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FARM RISK POLICY AT A CROSSROAD
Coble, Keith H. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 18 (2000) 1
Legislatively mandated declines in government program payments have coincided with sharp declines in most major crop commodity prices. Thus, a debate has begun about the direction of future farm policy. The debate has been largely expressed in terms of a "safety net" for producers. This paper...
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The Application of Farm Programs to Commercial Fisheries: The Case of Crop Insurance for the Bristol Bay Commercial Salmon Fisheries
Greenberg, Joshua A.; Herrmann, Mark; Geier, Hans; … - In: Journal of Agribusiness 22 (2004) 2
Under the direction of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000, the U.S. Congress proposed a crop insurance program for the Bristol Bay, Alaska, commercial salmon fishery. This study examines the feasibility of extending crop insurance to this commercial fishery. The specific focus of this...
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ESTABLISHING AN AGRIBUSINESS STUDY-ABROAD COURSE IN MEXICO: A PROJECT IN INTERNATIONALIZING THE CURRICULUM
Ames, Glenn C.W.; Houston, Jack E. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 19 (2001) 2
students from the University of Georgia enrolled in the first agribusiness study-abroad course, entitled "International … Agribusiness Marketing and Management: Focus on Mexico," at the Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa during the Maymester 2000. Their …
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An Analysis of the 2002 Farm Bill’s Value-Added Producer Grants Program
Boland, Michael A.; Crespi, John M.; Oswald, Dustin - In: Journal of Agribusiness 27 (2009)
Our objective is to identify the determinants for success among USDA’s Value- Added Producer Grants (VAPG) program recipients. Business development has become an important program in departments of agricultural economics. Market share was found to be an important determinant of VAPG...
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THE ROLE OF AGRIBUSINESS IN DEVELOPMENT: REPLACING THE DIMINISHED ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT IN RAISING RURAL INCOMES
Stanton, Julie V. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 18 (2000) 2
suggests development policy be enlarged to encompass agribusiness enterprises. Localized agribusiness can help rural …
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Internet and e-Commerce Use by Agribusiness Firms: 2004
Henderson, Jason R.; Akridge, Jay T.; Dooley, Frank J. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 24 (2006) 1
use and perceptions of the Internet and e-commerce in agribusiness companies. Agribusiness firm managers were surveyed in … 2004 to identify agribusiness use of the Internet and e-commerce and to solicit their perceptions about the Internet and e …-commerce. The survey was developed from a similar survey conducted in 1999. In 2004, agribusiness firms were using e-commerce more …
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THE IMPACT OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY FOOD MANUFACTURING FIRMS ON U.S. FARM POLICY
Kinsey, Jean D.; Ndayisenga, Fidele - In: Journal of Agribusiness 17 (1999) 1
This study generates an econometric model of the allocation of political contributions by food firms. It combines information about food firms' total expenditures for political influence with the behavioral assumption of profit maximization to test the hypothesis that food manufacturing firms do...
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