Crop insurance valuation under alternative yield distributions

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 406-419

  Sherrick, Bruce J ^a   Zanini, Fabio C ^b   Schnitkey, Gary D ^a   Irwin, Scott H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop insurance; Crop yield distributions; Risk and uncertainty; Valuation

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; INSURANCE SYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VALUATION;

EID: 2142820036     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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