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Evaluation of Crop Insurance Yield Guarantees and Producer Welfare with Upward-Trending Yields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Shyam Adhikari ,
Thomas O. Knight  and
Eric J. Belasco
Shyam Adhikari
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at Texas Tech University, in Lubbock, Texas
Thomas O. Knight
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at Texas Tech University
Eric J. Belasco
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University, in Bozeman, Montana
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Abstract

Actual Production History (APH) yields play a critical role in determining the coverage offered to producers by the Risk Management Agency's yield-based crop insurance products. Using both county and individual insured unit data, we examine the impact of APH yield trends for Texas cotton and Illinois com. Our findings indicate that biases due to using simple average APH yields when yields are trending upward reduce the expected indemnity and actuarially fair premium rate. The estimated welfare effect also varies significantly with different commonly used detrending approaches. This study demonstrates that producer welfare can be enhanced through proper treatment of yield trends in crop insurance programs.

Keywords

actual production historycrop insuranceyield trendyield guarantee
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Contributed Papers
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 41 , Issue 3 , December 2012 , pp. 367 - 376
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Copyright © 2012 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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