Determinants of Agricultural Disaster Payments in the Southeastern U.S.: County Level Analysis

Denis Nadolnyak and James Novak

No 6554, 2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Using county level data we study if weather and climate variables or variables used as proxies for rent-seeking behavior determine disaster payment in the Southeast. We do not find evidence of rent-seeking but find that, in addition to weather, long term climate variables affect disaster payments.

Keywords: Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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