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Livestock Revenue Insurance

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Chad E. Hart
Bruce A. Babcock () (Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Midwest Agribusiness Trade Research and Information Center (MATRIC))
Dermot J. Hayes () (Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI))

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(Revised) This paper outlines several possible structures for livestock revenue insurance. The policies take the form of an exotic option--an Asian basket option. The actuarially fair premiums for these policies are equal to the prices of the options they represent. Due to the complexity of pricing Asian basket options, we have combined two techniques for pricing options to reach the actuarially fair premiums. Projected premiums, producer welfare, and program efficiency are evaluated for the insurance products and existing market tools. Using efficiency ratios and certainty equivalent returns, we compare the insurance policies to strategies involving existing futures and options.

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Paper provided by Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at Iowa State University in its series Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) Publications with number 99-wp224.

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  1. Jeffrey R. Stokes & William I. Nayda, 2003. "The Pricing of Revenue Assurance: Reply," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 85(4), pages 1066-1069, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  8. Hennessy, David A. & Babcock, Bruce A. & Hayes, Dermot J., 1997. "Budgetary and Producer Welfare Effects of Revenue Insurance," Staff General Research Papers 1100, Iowa State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Nick D. Paulson & Bruce A. Babcock & Chad E. Hart & Dermot J. Hayes, 2004. "Insuring Uncertainty in Value-Added Agriculture: Ethanol Production," Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) Publications 04-wp360, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at Iowa State University. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Turvey, Calum G., 2003. "Conceptual Issues In Livestock Insurance," Working Papers 18171, Rutgers University, Food Policy Institute. [Downloadable!]
  3. Chad E. Hart & Dermot J. Hayes & Bruce A. Babcock, 2003. "Insuring Eggs in Baskets," Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) Publications 03-wp339, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at Iowa State University. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Shao, Renyuan & Roe, Brian, 2002. "The Design And Pricing Of Fixed And Moving Window Contracts: An Application Of Asian-Basket Option Pricing Methods To The Hog Finishing Sector," 2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA 19823, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]
  5. Belasco, Eric J., 2008. "The Role of Price Risk Management in Mitigating Fed Cattle Profit Exposure," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 33(3), December. [Downloadable!]
  6. Paulson, Nicholas D. & Babcock, Bruce A. & Hart, Chad E. & Hayes, Dermot J., 2008. "An Insurance Approach to Risk Management in the Ethanol Industry," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 37(1), April. [Downloadable!]
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  7. Hart, Chad E. & Hayes, Dermot J. & Babcock, Bruce A., 2003. "Insuring Eggs in Baskets: Should the Government Insure Individual Risks?," Staff General Research Papers 10669, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
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