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Coble, Keith H.; Hanson, Terrill R.; Miller, J. Corey; Shaik, Saleem. |
This paper examines the possibility that insurance for row crops, livestock, and aquaculture can be used effectively to encourage producers to adopt practices that will improve environmental behavior. Examples of agricultural environmental insurance are provided and considered in the context of alternative policy mechanisms. The current state of agricultural insurance and the nonagricultural environmental insurance market are explored. We also lay out the characteristics of an insurable risk along with the theoretical basis of insurance provision. An empirical example of an environmental insurance design is provided, and the behavioral implications of such a design are examined. Finally, we discuss important considerations that should be evaluated... |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Environment; Insurance; Liability; D81; G22; H23; K13; Q18. |
Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43214 |
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Allen, Albert J.; Myles, Albert E.; Shaik, Saleem; Yeboah, Osei-Agyeman. |
Millions of pounds of fresh fruits, vegetables, cut flowers, herbs, and other agricultural and food products enter the United States via commercial shipments from other countries every year. Although these items appear harmless, there could be hidden threats in that baggage and in those truckloads, trainloads, and containers of fresh and processed food items that could seriously threaten U.S. agriculture, its natural resources, and its economy (U.S. Customs and Border Protection 2007). Food imports play a major role in the success and competitiveness of various agribusiness firms in the United States. For example, food imports generate income, employment, output, and taxes and provide consumers with lower-priced products than those produced or purchased in... |
Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55583 |
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Helmers, Glenn A.; Langemeier, Michael R.; Shaik, Saleem. |
Using the non-parametric linear programming approach, this study examines overall efficiency gains due to diversification between crop and livestock enterprises for a sample of Kansas farms. Overall efficiency gains were decomposed into scope efficiency gains and scale efficiency gains. Farms with both crops and livestock were found to be less efficient than farms with just crops or just livestock. Operator age, profit margin, and farm size were significantly related to overall efficiency. |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Farm Management. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19388 |
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Yeboah, Osei-Agyeman; Shaik, Saleem; Allen, Albert J.; Ofori-Boadu, Victor. |
Proponents of DR-CAFTA argue the RTA will free the U.S. agricultural sector of these disadvantages by leveling the field through the removal of these tariffs and in many cases, create preferences for U.S. exporters over third country suppliers, including those in Canada, Europe, and South America, helping to restore lost U.S. market share and expand overall U.S. exports. In this paper, we develop gravity models to estimate and predict the potential bilateral trade flows between U.S. and CAFTA countries using panel data. In the course of the study, it was expected that if DR-CAFTA were to have an effect, all countries under the agreement should be trade creators. All the six CAFTA countries but one (Costa Rica) are trade creators. The amount trade... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9815 |
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Shaik, Saleem; Gustafson, Cole R.. |
This paper has a two-fold contribution, 1) Examine the importance of aggregate economic policy on housing prices and rural housing prices, and 2) delineate factors resulting in divergent housing prices between urban and rural markets. Empirical application to US state level data from 1975-2006 indicates general economic variables are consistently influencing both urban and rural housing prices. While the farm economic variables do have differential influences on the housing and rural housing prices, their effects are transitory. Finally regional effects have greater impact on differential effects on urban rural housing price indexes than national farm programs. |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: US state data; Rural housing prices; 1975-2007.; Community/Rural/Urban Development. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49515 |
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Busby, David P.; Little, Randall D.; Shaik, Saleem; Martins, Angelina; Epplin, Francis M.; Hwang, Seonghuyk; Baldwin, Brian S.; Taliaferro, Charles M.. |
The objective of this paper is to determine production costs of switchgrass, eastern gammagrass, and giant miscanthus using Mississippi and Oklahoma data. Production costs were computed using a standard enterprise budgeting approach by species and method of harvest. Results indicate cost difference across species and method of harvest. |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Yield and Cost; Biomass species; Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34854 |
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Edwards, Seanicaa; Allen, Albert J.; Shaik, Saleem. |
Use of efficiency measures as a proxy for performance to test the market structure-conduct-performance (SCP) hypothesis is explored. Utilizing Battese and Coelli specification, we estimate stochastic frontier production function and SCP equations with output and efficiency measures as endogenous variables. An empirical application to U.S. trucking carries over the period 1994-2003 with emphasis on the agricultural commodity and refrigerated food products carriers is examined. Results reveal that the variables average haul, average load and market concentration significantly affected the efficiency of firms with 2-8 number of years within each firm. |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21350 |
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