Table of contents - Special Issue: Proceedings of the Finance Section of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Conference August 12‐14 2012
Guest Editors: Nicholas Paulson
What's the ticker symbol for farmland?
Bruce J. Sherrick, Mindy L. Mallory, Timothy HopperRelatively high recent returns to farmland investments have led to substantially elevated interest in farmland investments. Absent, however, is a well‐functioning equity market in…
Farmland rental markets: trends in contract type, rates, and risk
Nicholas D. Paulson, Gary D. SchnitkeyThis article aims to explore recent trends in farmland rental markets using data for the state of Illinois. Trends in the types of rental agreements used and the relationship…
The information content of farmland value surveys
Todd H. Kuethe, Jennifer IfftFarmland plays a critical role in the financial health of the agricultural sector. As a result, a number of institutions closely monitor farm real estate markets and publicly…
Financial performance of publicly‐traded agribusinesses
Ani L. Katchova, Sierra J. EnlowAgribusinesses represent a fundamental link in connecting farmers with retailers and consumers, yet little research has been done to examine the historical financial performance…
Estimating structural change in US crop insurance experience
Keith H. Coble, Thomas O. Knight, Mary Frances Miller, Barry J. Goodwin, Roderick M. Rejesus, Ryan BoylesThe purpose of this research is to investigate the degree to which trends and structural change may have altered crop insurance expected loss cost ratios across time. Because loss…
Accounting for short samples and heterogeneous experience in rating crop insurance
Julia I. Borman, Barry K. Goodwin, Keith H. Coble, Thomas O. Knight, Rod RejesusThe purpose of this paper is to be an academic inquiry into rating issues confronted by the US Federal Crop Insurance program stemming from changes in participation rates as well…
Determinants of the patronage refund decision of Farm Credit System associations
Tianwei Zhang, Mindy Mallory, Peter BarryThe authors aim to investigate what influences a Farm Credit System association to make a patronage refund payment. In particular, they seek to investigate what causes the…
Agricultural lending and early warning models of bank failures for the late 2000s Great Recession
Xiaofei Li, Cesar L. Escalante, James E. Epperson, Lewell F. GunterThe late 2000s Great Recession led to a surge of bank failures in the USA with nearly 300 banks failing from 2009 to 2010. Recalling the farm crises of the 1980s where the farm…
Hedging late frost risk in viticulture with exotic options
Elsa Cortina, Ignacio SánchezThe purpose of this paper is to model and to value a temperature derivative to hedge late frost risk in viticulture.
Weather risk management by Saskatchewan agriculture producers
Saqib Khan, Morina Rennie, Sylvain CharleboisThe purpose of this research is to study the weather risk management practices of agriculture producers. In particular, the authors look at the extent to which farmers use weather…
Testing for speculative bubbles in agricultural commodity prices: a regime switching approach
Xiaoliang Liu, Guenther Filler, Martin OdeningThe authors' paper aims to deal with the question whether speculative bubbles are present in agricultural commodity prices.
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- Dr. Todd Keuthe