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Effects of crop insurance on farm input use: Evidence from Kansas farm data

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  • Regmi, Madhav
  • Briggeman, Brian C.
  • Featherstone, Allen M.

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Crop insurance has been linked to changes in farm production decisions. In this study, we examine the effects of crop insurance participation and coverage on farm input use. Using a 1993–2016 panel of Kansas farms, evidence exists that insured farms apply more farm chemicals and seed per acre than uninsured farms. We use a fixed effects instrumental variable estimator to obtain the effects of change in crop insurance coverage on farm input use accounting farm-level heterogeneity. Empirical evidence suggests that changes in the levels of crop insurance coverage do not significantly affect farm chemical use. Thus, moral hazard effects from purchasing crop insurance are not large on a per acre basis but can lead to expenditures of $6,100 per farm.

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  • Regmi, Madhav & Briggeman, Brian C. & Featherstone, Allen M., 2022. "Effects of crop insurance on farm input use: Evidence from Kansas farm data," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 51(2), pages 361-379, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:agrerw:v:51:y:2022:i:2:p:361-379_8
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