Implications of Crop Yield and Revenue Insurance for Producer Hedging

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 432-452

  Coble, Keith H ^a   Heifner, Richard G ^b   Zuniga, Manuel ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop insurance; Forward pricing; Optimal hedging; Put options; Risk; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034361645     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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