Estimation of mixture models using cross-validation optimization: Implications for crop yield distribution modeling

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 968-982

  Woodard, Joshua D ^a   Sherrick, Bruce J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

crop insurance; cross validation; insurance rating; mixture models; out of sample likelihood; probability forecasting; yield distributions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; CROP YIELD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; INSURANCE SYSTEM; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY;

EID: 80052599086     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aar034     Document Type: Article

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