POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF CROP INSURANCE ON FARM ECONOMIC STRUCTURE

Saleem Shaik and Joseph A. Atwood

No 20666, 2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to examine the potential impacts of crop insurance on farm economic structure using Nebraska county level data from 1980-1998. Using a profit function we fit input demand and output supply equations accounting for insurance premiums and indemnities to examine the economic impacts of crop insurance

Keywords: Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20666

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