Economic and Environmental Effects of Agricultural Insurance Programs

Daniel Sumner and Carl R. Zulauf

No 156622, C-FARE Reports from Council on Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics (C-FARE)

Abstract: Contents : Executive Summary; Introduction; Recent Evolution of Crop Insurance in the United States; Crop Insurance Principles; Crop Insurance and the Evolution of Farm Commodity Programs; Crop Risks and the Role of Government; Effects of Crop Insurance Subsidies; Summary and Conclusions; References and Data Sources

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20
Date: 2012-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.156622

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