Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 9,149
Cover Image
Role of economics in developing fertilizer best management practices
Asci, Serhat; Borisova, Tatiana; VanSickle, John J. - In: Agricultural Water Management 152 (2015) C, pp. 251-261
To reduce agricultural water quality impacts, many US states and other countries rely on agricultural best management practices (BMPs). Although fertilizer BMP rates are supposed to ensure the economic viability of agricultural production, BMPs are frequently based on agronomic, rather than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011208802
Cover Image
Risk aversion and perception of farmers about endogenous risks : an empirical study for Maize producers in Awi Zone, Amhara Region of Ethiopia
Girma, Yohannes; Kuma, Berhanu; Bedemo, Amsalu - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 16 (2023) 2, pp. 1-29
at examining the risk perception, risk aversion and risk management strategies of maize producers in Awi zone, which is … found in the northwest part of Ethiopia. The study involved 343 respondents who produced maize under risk. Descriptive … management strategies that they employ. Maize farmers in the area applied human risk management strategies, production risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014306089
Cover Image
Valuing pest control : how much is due to risk aversion?
Hurley, Terrance M.; Babcock, Bruce A. - In: Risk management and the environment : agriculture in …, (pp. 134-144). 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001977770
Cover Image
Climate risk and state-contingent technology adoption : shocks, drought tolerance and preferences
Holden, Stein Terje; Quiggin, John C. - In: European review of agricultural economics : ERAE 44 (2017) 2, pp. 285-308
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011779794
Cover Image
Risk aversion in crop insurance program purchase decisions : evidence from maize production areas in China
Lyu, Kaiyu; Barré, Thomas J. - In: China agricultural economic review : publ. in … 9 (2017) 1, pp. 62-80
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011800515
Cover Image
Risk aversion and sustainable maize production in Nigeria: Some challenges and prospects for agricultural and economic development
Olarinde, Luke O.; Manyong, Victor M. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
This paper determines the degree or extent of farmer’s risk aversion that affects sustainable maize production in … model of safety-first behaviour from a cross-sectional survey of 350 maize producers in northern Nigeria. The distribution … socioeconomic factors (e.g. age of household head), farm specific variables (e.g. proportion of income from maize) and farmers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068432
Cover Image
Increasing risk aversion : the consequences of crisis exposure for retirement behaviour in Switzerland
Ramsden, Alma; Bütler, Monika - In: Essays in public policy, (pp. 90-121). 2016
Diese Dissertation besteht aus drei Aufsätzen aus den Bereichen Arbeitsmarktökonomie, berufliche Vorsorge und Sozialpolitik, die sich mit den Auswirkungen öffentlicher Gesetzgebung und makroökonomischer Schocks auf individuelle Verhaltensweisen befassen. Der zweite und dritte Aufsatz...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011554108
Cover Image
Risk aversion in share auctions : estimating import rrents from TRQs in Switzerland
Häfner, Samuel - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 14 (2023) 2, pp. 419-470
This paper analyzes risk aversion in discriminatory share auctions. I generalize the k‐step share auction model of Kastl (2011, 2012) and establish that marginal profits are set‐identified for any given coefficient of constant absolute risk aversion. I also derive necessary conditions for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014308566
Cover Image
Estimating the cost of executive stock options : evidence from Switzerland
Drobetz, Wolfgang (contributor); Pensa, Pascal (contributor) - 2007
It is often argued that Black-Scholes (1973) values overstate the subjective value of stock options granted to risk-averse and under-diversified executives. We construct a "representative" Swiss executive and extend the certainty- equivalence approach presented by Hall and Murphy (2002) to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003666884
Cover Image
Risk equalization and voluntary deductibles : a complex interaction
Kleef, R. C. van; Beck, K.; Ven, Wynand P. van de; … - In: Journal of health economics 27 (2008) 2, pp. 427-443
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003731105