A RANGELAND GRASSHOPPER INSURANCE PROGRAM

Melvin D. Skold and Robert M. Davis

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1995, vol. 20, issue 2, 10

Abstract: The incidence of benefits and costs from controlling rangeland grasshoppers on public grazing lands poses problems of economic efficiency and distributional equity. Public grasshopper control programs operate like public disaster assistance. However, grasshopper infestations are an insurable risk. This article proposes a rangeland grasshopper insurance program which reduces the economic inefficiencies and distributional inequities of the existing program.

Keywords: Risk; and; Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995
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