RISK, UTILITY AND STOCKING RATE

I.D. McArthur and John L. Dillon

Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1971, vol. 15, issue 01, 16

Abstract: A simple utility-based model of risky wool production is presented. Evaluation of the model indicates the effect on optimal stocking rate of changes in the degree of risk aversion, farm area, variable cost, fixed cost, wool cut, wool price, variance of wool price, climatic variability and tax rate. It is shown that the utility hypothesis implies a lower optimal stocking rate than does expected profit maximization and hence implies a discrepancy between private and public optimal resource use which it is suggested, might be mitigated by a progressive bounty on wool production.

Keywords: Livestock; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1971
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