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Modeling agricultural production risk and the adaptation to climate change

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  • Robert Finger
  • Stéphanie Schmid

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Keywords: Biophysical modeling, Climate change, Crop production functions, Crop yields, Robust estimation, Yield variation

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  • Robert Finger & Stéphanie Schmid, 2008. "Modeling agricultural production risk and the adaptation to climate change," Agricultural Finance Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 68(1), pages 25-41, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:afrpps:v:68:y:2008:i:1:p:25-41
    DOI: 10.1108/00214660880001217
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    Keywords

    biophysical modeling; climate change; crop production functions; crop yields; robust estimation; yield variation;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • C10 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - General
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics

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