Rice, irrigationanddownsiderisk:aquantile analysis of risk exposure and mitigation on Korean farms

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 775-815

  Kim, Kwansoo ^a   Chavas, Jean Paul ^b   Barham, Bradford ^b   Foltz, Jeremy ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Downside risk; Irrigation; Quantile; Quantile moments; Risk

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMETRICS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MITIGATION; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY;

KOREA;

EID: 84924507683     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbt041     Document Type: Article

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