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标题：Crop Insurance, Land Allocation, and the Environment
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作者：Walters, Cory G. ; Shumway, C. Richard ; Chouinard, Hayley H. 等
期刊名称：Journal of Agribusiness
印刷版ISSN：0738-8950
出版年度：2012
页码：301-320
出版社：Journal of Agribusiness
摘要：Government programs that help agricultural producers manage risk may have environmental consequences. In recent years, premium subsidies for crop insurance have been increased substantially to encourage greater producer participation. Using detailed, producer-level crop insurance contract data in four regions, we investigate whether adverse environmental effects have resulted from these increased subsidies. We find some association between environmental effects and insurance contracts. On average, however, we find that environmental effects are generally small and as often beneficial as adverse. More importantly, we find that results are specific to local conditions and to particular environmental indicators and may be hidden in aggregate analysis.
关键词：acreage decision;crop insurance;environment