IMPLICATIONS OF CROP YIELD AND REVENUE INSURANCE FOR PRODUCER HEDGING

Keith Coble, Richard G. Heifner and Manuel Zuniga

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2000, vol. 25, issue 2, 21

Abstract: New types of crop insurance have expanded the tools from which crop producers may choose to manage risk. Little is known regarding how these products interact with futures and options. This analysis examines optimal futures and put ratios in the presence of four alternative insurance coverages. An analytical model investigates the comparative statics of the relationship between hedging and insurance. Additional numerical analysis is conducted which incorporates futures price, basis, and yield variability. Yield insurance is found to have a positive effect on hedging levels. Revenue insurance tends to result in slightly lower hedging demand than would occur given the same level of yield insurance coverage.

Keywords: Risk; and; Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.30895

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