selection decisions, farm returns, and farm risk. Results show that gains from the added planting flexibility do not offset the …

companies, integrators, genetics firms, and packers. However, little is known about the profitability and risk characteristics … of these alternatives. This research suggests that risk neutral producers in the Midwest would prefer independent … production, and risk averse producers would prefer to choose among the various types of coordination arrangements. …

Energy supplementation provides a means of reducing production risk of growing stocker cattle on winter wheat pasture …. This study addresses the issue of risk aversion and energy supplement input use. Differences in supplementation practices … induced by risk aversion and the effects of cattle and feed market conditions are examined. Results show that supplementation …

Initial ideas on risk management uses of precision agricultural technology focused on site-specific treatment of … hypothesis that precision farming can have risk-reducing benefits. …

January 1919 to December 1994; The tax-loss selling hypothesis and the omitted risk factor hypothesis. We document … investors for bearing higher risk. However, we find no support for either of the proposed hypotheses. …

A factor-decomposition based framework is presented that facilitates non-parametric risk analysis for complex hedge … the hedge fund-of-funds environment, but is equally relevant to those who seek to construct risk-managed portfolios of … attribute risk within any hedge fund portfolio with an identifiable strategy. Furthermore, through use of Monte Carlo simulation …