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Modeling changes in the U.S. demand for crop insurance during the 1990s
Teresa Serra, Barry K. Goodwin, Allen M. FeatherstoneThe crop insurance purchase decision for a group of Kansas farmers is analyzed using farm‐level data from the 1990s, a period that experienced many changes in the federal crop…
Could the government manage its exposure to crop reinsurance risk?
Dermot J. Hayes, Sergio H. Lence, Chuck MasonThis study estimates the probability density function of the government’s net income from reinsuring crop insurance for corn, wheat, and soybeans. Based on 1997 data, it is…
Adoption of crop versus revenue insurance: a farm‐level analysis
Ashok K. Mishra, Barry K. GoodwinThis research examines factors influencing the adoption of crop and revenue insurance. This is accomplished by estimating a multinomial logit model of insurance choices facing…
Financial management practices and farm profitability
Brent A. Gloy, Eddy L. LaDueThe adoption of several basic financial management practices is examined for a group of New York dairy farms. The study provides estimates of the extent to which various business…
Post‐merger performance of agricultural cooperatives
Timothy J. Richards, Mark R. ManfredoDuring the 1990s, the rate of consolidation among agricultural cooperatives, including mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, and joint ventures, increased significantly…
Explaining county‐level variability in farm service agency farm loan programs
Charles B. Dodson, Steven R. KoenigUSDA direct and guaranteed farm loan programs exhibit significant geographical variation in lending activity. County‐level estimations made using Tobit procedures indicate that…
ISSN:
0002-1466e-ISSN:
2041-6326ISSN-L:
0002-1466Online date, start – end:
2000Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Valentina Hartarska
- Denis Nadolnyak