PREMIUM RATE DETERMINATION IN THE FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM: WHAT DO AVERAGES HAVE TO SAY ABOUT RISK?

Barry Goodwin ()

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1994, vol. 19, issue 2, 14

Abstract: This article reviews actuarial procedures used to calculate premium rates in the federal crop insurance program. Average yields are used as an important indicator of risk under current rating practices. The strength and validity of this relationship is examined using historical yield data drawn from a large sample of Kansas farms. The results indicate that assumed relationships between average yields and yield variation are tenuous and imply that rating procedures that rely on average yields may induce adverse selection.

Keywords: Risk; and; Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.30747

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