The pricing of revenue assurance

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 439-451

  Stokes, Jeffrey R ^a   Nayda, William I ^b   English, Burton C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b First National Bank of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset pricing; Revenue assurance; Stochastic calculus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ARABLE FARMING; METHODOLOGY; REVENUE ASSURANCE;

USA;

EID: 0031424538     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244142     Document Type: Article

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