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| Riley, John Michael; Anderson, John D.. |
| Risk is an inevitable part of agricultural production and all producers face various forms of risk. This study used the subjective price expectations and price distributions of survey participants to determine how producer’s expectations compare with that of the market. Data used for this study were gathered through survey responses from Mississippi State University Extension meeting and workshop participants. Individual respondent’s discreet stated price and price distribution information was fitted to a continuous distribution and an implied mean and standard deviation was determined. This was compared to market price and price risk data. Participants largely over-estimated price. Individual volatilities resulting from each fitted distribution were lower... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Price risk; Price perception; Subjective probability elicitation; Production Economics; Q13. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46865 |
