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How Australian Farmers Deal With Risk

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  • Amy Khuu

    (Business School, University of Western Australia)

  • Ernst Juerg Weber

    (Business School, University of Western Australia)

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Farm survey data show that the risk aversion of West Australian farmers is comparable to that of other asset holders. An increase in the variability of crop yield by 20%, which may be caused by future climate change, would raise their willingness to pay for crop insurance almost one-to-one by 19%. West Australian farmers can insure against hail, fire and some other perils but not against the greatest risk – drought. The farm survey indicates that adverse selection does not arise in the existing market for crop insurance because insurance premiums reflect the risk of crop failure. However, a future supplier of drought insurance must take into consideration that drought insurance might give rise to moral hazard, changing the risk management practices of farmers.

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  • Amy Khuu & Ernst Juerg Weber, 2012. "How Australian Farmers Deal With Risk," Economics Discussion / Working Papers 12-07, The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics.
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    1. Martin Parkinson, 2011. "Sustainable Wellbeing - An Economic Future for Australia," Economics Discussion / Working Papers 11-17, The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics.
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    1. Philippe Bontems & Celine Nauges, 2019. "Production choices with water markets and risk aversion: the role of initial allocations and forward trading," Post-Print hal-02349932, HAL.
    2. David Adamson & Adam Loch & Kurt Schwabe, 2017. "Adaptation responses to increasing drought frequency," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 61(3), pages 385-403, July.
    3. Nauges, Celine & Wheeler, Sarah Ann & Zuo, Alec, 2016. "Elicitation of irrigators’ risk preferences from observed behaviour," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 60(3), July.

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