A Comprehensive Assessment of the Role of Risk in U.S. Agriculture

by Rulon D. Pope

Book Overview

After all the research on agricultural risk to date, the treatment of risk in agricultural research is far from harmonious. Many competing risk models have been proposed. Some new methodologies are largely untested. Some of the leading empirical methodologies in agricultural economic research are poorly suited for problems with aggregate data where risk averse behavior is less likely to be important. This book is intended to (i) define the current...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 079237567X
• ISBN13: 9780792375678
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 586 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 9.4"