Copula-based models of systemic risk in U.S. Agriculture: Implications for crop insurance and reinsurance contracts

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 879-896

  Goodwin, Barry K ^a   Hungerford, Ashley ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ERS/USDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copula models; Crop insurance; Systemic risk

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; GAUSSIAN METHOD; INSURANCE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84984670074     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aau086     Document Type: Article

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