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Agricultural Risk Management Research Papers

June 2008
Toward a Normative Theory of Crop Yield Skewness
David A. Hennessy
[08-WP 473]
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Insuring Against Losses from Transgenic Contamination: The Case of Pharmaceutical Maize
David Ripplinger, Dermot J. Hayes, A. Susana Goggi, Kendall Lamkey
[08-WP 470]
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March 2008
Index Insurance, Probabilistic Climate Forecasts, and Production
Miguel Carriquiry, Daniel E. Osgood
[08-WP 465]
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January 2007
Get a GRIP: Should Area Revenue Coverage Be Offered through the Farm Bill or as a Crop Insurance Program?
Nick D. Paulson, Bruce A. Babcock
[07-WP 440]
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November 2005
How Much "Safety" Is Available under the U.S. Proposal to the WTO?
Bruce A. Babcock, Chad E. Hart
[05-BP 48]
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April 2005
Influence of the Premium Subsidy on Farmers' Crop Insurance Coverage Decisions
Bruce A. Babcock, Chad E. Hart
[05-WP 393]
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March 2005
Using a Farmer's Beta for Improved Estimation of Actual Production History (APH) Yields
Miguel Carriquiry, Bruce A. Babcock, Chad E. Hart
[05-WP 387]
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February 2005
Risk Management Instruments for Water Reallocations
Chad E. Hart
[05-BP 46]
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ARPA Subsidies, Unit Choice, and Reform of the U.S. Crop Insurance Program
Bruce A. Babcock, Chad E. Hart
[05-BP 45]
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Loan Deficiency Payments versus Countercyclical Payments: Do We Need Both for a Price Safety Net?
Chad E. Hart, Bruce A. Babcock
[05-BP 44]
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July 2004
On the Premium for Revenue Insurance under Joint Price and Yield Risk
Alexander E. Saak
[04-WP 368]
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April 2004
Insuring Uncertainty in Value-Added Agriculture: Ethanol Production
Nick D. Paulson, Bruce A. Babcock, Chad E. Hart, Dermot J. Hayes
[04-WP 360]
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July 2003
Insuring Eggs in Baskets
Chad E. Hart, Dermot J. Hayes, Bruce A. Babcock
[03-WP 339]
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July 2002
Option Pricing on Renewable Commodity Markets
Sergio H. Lence, Dermot J. Hayes
[02-WP 309]
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April 2002
Crop Insurance Rates and the Laws of Probability
Bruce A. Babcock, Chad E. Hart, Dermot J. Hayes
[02-WP 298]
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September 2001
Effects of Adding a Target Revenue Program and Soybean Fixed Decoupled Payments to Current Farm Programs
Chad E. Hart, Bruce A. Babcock
[01-BP 35]
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March 2001
Systemic Risk in U.S. Crop and Revenue Insurance Programs
Chuck Mason, Dermot J. Hayes, Sergio H. Lence
[01-WP 266]
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February 2001
Rankings of Risk Management Strategies Combining Crop Insurance Products and Marketing Positions
Chad E. Hart, Bruce A. Babcock
[01-WP 267]
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January 2001
Livestock Revenue Insurance
Chad E. Hart, Bruce A. Babcock, Dermot J. Hayes
[99-WP 224] (Revised)
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December 2000
Counter-Cyclical Agricultural Program Payments: Is It Time to Look at Revenue?
Chad E. Hart, Bruce A. Babcock
[99-BP 28] (Revised)
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Regional Distribution of Farm-Level Impacts from Acreage Set-Asides, The
Bruce A. Babcock
[00-WP 263]
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August 2000
Time for a New Farmer-Owned Reserve?
Chad E. Hart, Bruce A. Babcock
[00-BP 31]
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June 2000
Economic Evaluation of Bt Corn Refuge Insurance
Paul D. Mitchell, Terrance M. Hurley, Richard L. Hellmich
[00-WP 243]
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March 2000
Farm-Level Analysis of Risk Management Proposals
Bruce A. Babcock, Chad E. Hart, Gary M. Adams, Patrick C. Westhoff
[00-WP 238]
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May 1999
Reinsuring Group Revenue Insurance with Exchange-Provided Revenue Contracts
Bruce A. Babcock, Steven L. Griffin, Dermot J. Hayes
[99-WP 212]
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April 1999
Provision of a Safety Net for U.S. Agriculture
Bruce A. Babcock
[99-BP 23]
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February 1999
Whole-Farm Revenue Insurance for Crop and Livestock Producers
Bruce A. Babcock, Dermot J. Hayes
[99-BP 22]
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January 1999
Eligibility and Payment Requirements of the Disaster Assistance Package
Chad E. Hart
[99-BP 21] (Available online only)
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December 1998
Are Loan Deficiency Payments Too Low In Iowa?
Bruce A. Babcock, Dermot J. Hayes, Phillip Kaus
[98-BP 20] (Available online only)
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September 1998
Loan Deficiency Payments or the Loan Program?
Dermot J. Hayes, Bruce A. Babcock
[98-BP 19]
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December 1994
Input Demand Under Yield and Revenue Insurance
Bruce A. Babcock, Joseph A. Herriges
[94-WP 127]
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March 1994
Safety Net of Farming: An Introduction and Literature Review of Agricultural Insurance and Other Stabilization Policies and Proposals, The
Chad E. Hart, Darnell B. Smith
[94-WP 120]
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August 1993
Multiperiod Production with Forward and Options Markets
Sergio H. Lence, Yong Sakong, Dermot J. Hayes
[93-WP 112]
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June 1993
Forward-Looking Competitive Firm Under Uncertainty, The
Sergio H. Lence, Dermot J. Hayes
[93-WP 111]
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Empirical Minimum Variance Hedge, The
Sergio H. Lence, Dermot J. Hayes
[93-WP 109]
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Optimal Hedging under Forward-Looking Behavior
Sergio H. Lence, Dermot J. Hayes
[93-WP 108]
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Estimation Risk when Theory Meets Reality
Sergio H. Lence, Dermot J. Hayes
[93-WP 107]
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Short-Run Behavior of Forward-Looking Firms, The
Sergio H. Lence, Dermot J. Hayes, William H. Meyers
[93-WP 106]
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April 1992
Endogenous Risk and Environmental Policy
Jason F. Shogren, Thomas D. Crocker
[92-WP 91]
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January 1992
Can Options Be Used as a Hedging Instrument?
Yong Sakong, Dermot J. Hayes, Arne Hallam
[92-WP 85]
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May 1990
Risk, Self-Protection, and Ex Ante Economic Value
Jason F. Shogren, Thomas D. Crocker
[90-WP 57]
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March 1990
Impact of Self-Protection and Self-Insurance on Individual Response to Risk, The
Jason F. Shogren
[90-WP 53]
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December 1989
Storage Subsidies and Supply Response
E. Kwan Choi, William H. Meyers
[89-WP 47]
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September 1987
Model for U.S. Farm Financial Adjustment Analysis of Alternative Public Policies
Damona G. Doye, Robert W. Jolly
[87-TR 1]
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June 1987
Input Price Uncertainty and Factor Demand
S. Devadoss, E. Kwan Choi
[87-WP 25]
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Farm Financial Conditions in Agriculture within Farm Credit System Districts
Robert W. Jolly, Damona G. Doye, Darrel Choat
[87-SR 35]
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May 1987
Agricultural Restructuring Requirements by Farm Credit System District
Damona G. Doye, Robert W. Jolly, Darrel Choat
[87-SR 34]
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