Estimating risk aversion coefficients for dryland wheat, irrigated corn and dairy producers in Kansas

Applied Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 825-834

  Abdulkadri, Abdullahi O ^a   Langemeier, Michael R ^b   Featherstone, Allen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; DRYLAND FARMING; IRRIGATION; RISK FACTOR; WHEAT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038661597     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003648032000050612     Document Type: Article

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