Relaxing heteroscedasticity assumptions in area-yield crop insurance rating

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 703-713

  Harri, Ardian ^a   Coble, Keith H ^a   Ker, Alan P ^b   Goodwin, Barry J ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

area yield insurance; heteroscedasticity; out of sample forecasting

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; COTTON; CROP YIELD; FORECASTING METHOD; INSURANCE SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

GLYCINE MAX; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960357963     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aar009     Document Type: Article

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