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Agricultural Risk Management Research Papers

November 2009
Crop Yield Expectation Stochastic Process with Beta Distribution as Limit, A
David A. Hennessy
[09-WP 501]

October 2009
Are U.S. Corn and Soybeans Becoming More Drought Tolerant?
Tian Yu, Bruce A. Babcock
[09-WP 500]

July 2009
Land Retirement Program Design in the Presence of Crop Insurance Subsidies
David A. Hennessy
[09-WP 495]

June 2008
Toward a Normative Theory of Crop Yield Skewness
David A. Hennessy
[08-WP 473]

Insuring Against Losses from Transgenic Contamination: The Case of Pharmaceutical Maize
David Ripplinger, Dermot J. Hayes, A. Susana Goggi, Kendall Lamkey
[08-WP 470]

March 2008
Index Insurance, Probabilistic Climate Forecasts, and Production
Miguel Carriquiry, Daniel E. Osgood
[08-WP 465]

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]

November 2005
How Much "Safety" Is Available under the U.S. Proposal to the WTO?
Bruce A. Babcock, Chad E. Hart
[05-BP 48]

April 2005
Influence of the Premium Subsidy on Farmers' Crop Insurance Coverage Decisions
Bruce A. Babcock, Chad E. Hart
[05-WP 393]

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]

February 2005
Risk Management Instruments for Water Reallocations
Chad E. Hart
[05-BP 46]

ARPA Subsidies, Unit Choice, and Reform of the U.S. Crop Insurance Program
Bruce A. Babcock, Chad E. Hart
[05-BP 45]

Loan Deficiency Payments versus Countercyclical Payments: Do We Need Both for a Price Safety Net?
Chad E. Hart, Bruce A. Babcock
[05-BP 44]

July 2004
On the Premium for Revenue Insurance under Joint Price and Yield Risk
Alexander E. Saak
[04-WP 368]

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]

July 2003
Insuring Eggs in Baskets
Chad E. Hart, Dermot J. Hayes, Bruce A. Babcock
[03-WP 339]

July 2002
Option Pricing on Renewable Commodity Markets
Sergio H. Lence, Dermot J. Hayes
[02-WP 309]

April 2002
Crop Insurance Rates and the Laws of Probability
Bruce A. Babcock, Chad E. Hart, Dermot J. Hayes
[02-WP 298]

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]

March 2001
Systemic Risk in U.S. Crop and Revenue Insurance Programs
Chuck Mason, Dermot J. Hayes, Sergio H. Lence
[01-WP 266]

February 2001
Rankings of Risk Management Strategies Combining Crop Insurance Products and Marketing Positions
Chad E. Hart, Bruce A. Babcock
[01-WP 267]

January 2001
Livestock Revenue Insurance
Chad E. Hart, Bruce A. Babcock, Dermot J. Hayes
[99-WP 224] (Revised)

December 2000
Counter-Cyclical Agricultural Program Payments: Is It Time to Look at Revenue?
Chad E. Hart, Bruce A. Babcock
[99-BP 28] (Revised)

Regional Distribution of Farm-Level Impacts from Acreage Set-Asides, The
Bruce A. Babcock
[00-WP 263]

August 2000
Time for a New Farmer-Owned Reserve?
Chad E. Hart, Bruce A. Babcock
[00-BP 31]

June 2000
Economic Evaluation of Bt Corn Refuge Insurance
Paul D. Mitchell, Terrance M. Hurley, Richard L. Hellmich
[00-WP 243]

March 2000
Farm-Level Analysis of Risk Management Proposals
Bruce A. Babcock, Chad E. Hart, Gary M. Adams, Patrick C. Westhoff
[00-WP 238]

May 1999
Reinsuring Group Revenue Insurance with Exchange-Provided Revenue Contracts
Bruce A. Babcock, Steven L. Griffin, Dermot J. Hayes
[99-WP 212]

April 1999
Provision of a Safety Net for U.S. Agriculture
Bruce A. Babcock
[99-BP 23]

February 1999
Whole-Farm Revenue Insurance for Crop and Livestock Producers
Bruce A. Babcock, Dermot J. Hayes
[99-BP 22]

January 1999
Eligibility and Payment Requirements of the Disaster Assistance Package
Chad E. Hart
[99-BP 21]

December 1998
Are Loan Deficiency Payments Too Low In Iowa?
Bruce A. Babcock, Dermot J. Hayes, Phillip Kaus
[98-BP 20]

September 1998
Loan Deficiency Payments or the Loan Program?
Dermot J. Hayes, Bruce A. Babcock
[98-BP 19]

December 1994
Input Demand Under Yield and Revenue Insurance
Bruce A. Babcock, Joseph A. Herriges
[94-WP 127]

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]

August 1993
Multiperiod Production with Forward and Options Markets
Sergio H. Lence, Yong Sakong, Dermot J. Hayes
[93-WP 112]

June 1993
Forward-Looking Competitive Firm Under Uncertainty, The
Sergio H. Lence, Dermot J. Hayes
[93-WP 111]

Empirical Minimum Variance Hedge, The
Sergio H. Lence, Dermot J. Hayes
[93-WP 109]

Optimal Hedging under Forward-Looking Behavior
Sergio H. Lence, Dermot J. Hayes
[93-WP 108]

Estimation Risk when Theory Meets Reality
Sergio H. Lence, Dermot J. Hayes
[93-WP 107]

Short-Run Behavior of Forward-Looking Firms, The
Sergio H. Lence, Dermot J. Hayes, William H. Meyers
[93-WP 106]

April 1992
Endogenous Risk and Environmental Policy
Jason F. Shogren, Thomas D. Crocker
[92-WP 91]

January 1992
Can Options Be Used as a Hedging Instrument?
Yong Sakong, Dermot J. Hayes, Arne Hallam
[92-WP 85]

May 1990
Risk, Self-Protection, and Ex Ante Economic Value
Jason F. Shogren, Thomas D. Crocker
[90-WP 57]

March 1990
Impact of Self-Protection and Self-Insurance on Individual Response to Risk, The
Jason F. Shogren
[90-WP 53]

December 1989
Storage Subsidies and Supply Response
E. Kwan Choi, William H. Meyers
[89-WP 47]

September 1987
Model for U.S. Farm Financial Adjustment Analysis of Alternative Public Policies
Damona G. Doye, Robert W. Jolly
[87-TR 1]

June 1987
Input Price Uncertainty and Factor Demand
S. Devadoss, E. Kwan Choi
[87-WP 25]

Farm Financial Conditions in Agriculture within Farm Credit System Districts
Robert W. Jolly, Damona G. Doye, Darrel Choat
[87-SR 35]

May 1987
Agricultural Restructuring Requirements by Farm Credit System District
Damona G. Doye, Robert W. Jolly, Darrel Choat
[87-SR 34]