Exploiting the Relationship between Farm-Level Yields and County-Level Yields for Applied Analysis

County-level yield data are used in applied research and crop insurance policy in place of farm-level yield data, which are likely sparse, not broadly representative, and subject to selection bias. We exploit the fact that county-level yields are the aggregate of farm-level yields to derive bounds t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Scott Gerlt, Wyatt Thompson, Douglas Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 2014-08-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/186590