Economics of Agricultural Crop Insurance: Theory and Evidence
Government subsidized crop insurance has been used by a number of developed countries as a mechanism to reduce farm income instability by reducing yield risks. This book provides an in-depth analysis and evaluation of government provided crop insurance in developed countries. The book is organized i...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1994, 1994
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1994 |
| Series: | Natural Resource Management and Policy
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction and Overview
- I Historical Perspectives and Overall Performance
- 2 Crop Insurance in U. S. Farm Policy
- 3 An Aggregate Analysis of Canadian Crop Insurance Policy
- 4 All-Risk Crop Insurance: Lessons From Theory and Experience
- II Conceptual Issues
- 5 The Optimal Design of Crop Insurance
- 6 Agricultural Insurance, Production and the Environment
- 7 Crop Insurance in the Context of Canadian and U.S. Farm Programs
- III Applications and Policy Studies
- 8 An Empirical Analysis of U.S. Participation in Crop Insurance
- 9 Crop Insurance and Crop Production: An Empirical Study of Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection
- 10 Crop Insurance Decisions and Financial Characteristics of Farms
- 11 Risk Reduction from Diversification and Crop Insurance in Saskatchewan
- 12 Crop Insurance and Agricultural Chemical Use
- 13 Land Use Issues—Crop Insurance: Its Influence on Land and Input Use Decisions in Saskatchewan
- 14 Providing Catastrophic Yield Protection Through a Targeted Revenue Program
- Author Index