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Risk Preferences Of Farmers: An Empirical Example, Some Questions, And Suggestions For Future Research

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  • Whittaker, James K.
  • Winter, John R.

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  • Whittaker, James K. & Winter, John R., 1980. "Risk Preferences Of Farmers: An Empirical Example, Some Questions, And Suggestions For Future Research," Risk Analysis in Agriculture: Research and Educational Developments, January 16-18, 1980, Tucson, Arizona 271571, Regional Research Projects > W-149: An Economic Evaluation of Managing Market Risks in Agriculture.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.271571
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    2. Lins, David A. & Gabriel, Stephen C. & Sonka, Steven T., 1981. "An Analysis Of The Risk Aversion Of Farm Operators: An Asset Portfolio Approach," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 6(1), pages 1-16, July.
    3. Patrick, George F. & Blake, Brian F. & Whittaker, Suzanne H., 1981. "Magnitude Estimation: An Application To Farmers' Risk-Income Preferences," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 6(2), pages 1-10, December.
    4. Cochran, Mark & Lodwick, Weldon & Jones, Alan & Robinson, Lindon, 1982. "Selection Of Apple Scab Pest Management Strategies Under Uncertainty: An Application Of Various Stochastic Dominance Techniques," 1982 Annual Meeting, August 1-4, Logan, Utah 279471, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    5. Bruce A. McCarl & David A. Bessler, 1989. "Estimating An Upper Bound On The Pratt Risk A Version Coefficient When The Utility Function Is Unknown," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 33(1), pages 56-63, April.
    6. Wilson, Paul N. & Eidman, Vernon R., 1983. "An Empirical Test Of The Interval Approach For Estimating Risk Preferences," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 8(2), pages 1-13, December.
    7. Harris, Thomas R. & Mapp, Harry P. Jr., 1981. "Irrigation Scheduling In The Oklahoma Panhandle Using Stochastic Dominance Theory," 1981 Annual Meeting, July 26-29, Clemson, South Carolina 279304, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    8. Pei Xu & Corinne Alexander & George Patrick & Wesley Musser, 2005. "Effects of Farmers' Risk Attitudes and Personality Types on Production and Marketing Decisions," Working Papers 05-10, Purdue University, College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics.
    9. Patrick, George F. & Whitaker, Suzanne H. & Blake, Brian F., 1980. "Factors Affecting Farmers' Risk-Income Preferences," 1980 Annual Meeting, July 27-30, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 278878, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    10. Musser, Wesley N. & Wetzstein, Michael E. & Reece, Susan Y. & Musser, Lynn M. & Varca, Philip E. & Chou, Charlene C.J., 1984. "Classification Of Risk Preferences With Elicited Utility Data: Does Functional Form Matter?," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 9(2), pages 1-7, December.

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