Acreage Response under Varying Risk Preferences

The assumption in standard expected utility model formulations that the coefficient of risk aversion is a constant is potentially unrealistic. This study takes the standard linear expected mean variance problem and replaces the coefficient of risk aversion with a function of risk aversion, allowing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carlos Anthony Arnade, Joseph C. Cooper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 2012-12-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/142352