Are we risking too much? Perspectives on risk in farm modelling

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-78

  Pannell, David J ^a   Malcolm, Bill ^b   Kingwell, Ross S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embedded risk; Farm management; Modelling methodology; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034121174     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(00)00058-X     Document Type: Article

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