Government institutional effects on the value of seasonal climate forecasts
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abstract
The impact of government institutions on the value of improved climate forecasts is examined. Results suggest that crop insurance and earned income tax credit have little effect on the expected change in after-tax cash flows. Federal tax law has only a modest influence. As expected, the disaster program decreases the value of improved climate forecasts. With no price changes, the farm program lowers the value of the forecasts because of the acreage reduction provisions. With at least some price decreases, the farm program increases the value of climate forecasts. Here, the price supports override the acreage reduction provisions.
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publication outlet
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
author list (cited authors)
Mjelde, J. W., Thompson, T. N., & Nixon, C. J.
publication date
1996
publisher
Wiley
Publisher
keywords
- Government Institutions
- Climate Forecasts
- Value Of Information
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
start page
175
end page
188
issue
1