Spatio-temporal risk and severity analysis of soybean rust in the United States

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 311-331

  Bekkerman, Anton ^a   Goodwin, Barry K ^a   Piggott, Nicholas E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance contracts; Risk analysis; Soybean rust; Zero inflated model

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 59549099626     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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