A natural resource theory of U.S. crop insurance contract choice

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 232-252

  Du, Xiaodong ^a   Hennessy, David A ^b   Feng, Hongli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agricultural policy; contract choice; crop insurance; land use; yield risk measurement

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CONTRACT FARMING; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; INSURANCE SYSTEM; LAND USE; MAIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOYBEAN; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY; WHEAT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893396570     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aat057     Document Type: Article

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