Techniques for multivariate simulation from mixed marginal distributions with application to whole-farm revenue simulation

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-67

  Anderson, John D ^a   Harri, Ardian ^a   Coble, Keith H ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Crop insurance; Multivariate simulation; Whole farm revenue

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649973298     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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