Tor Nicholas Tolhurst

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First Name:	Tor
Middle Name:	Nicholas
Last Name:	Tolhurst
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RePEc Short-ID:	pto310
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	https://ag.purdue.edu/agecon/Pages/Profile.aspx?strAlias=ttolhurs&intDirDeptID=4

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Economics
Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)
http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/
RePEc:edi:dapurus (more details at EDIRC)

Citations

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Blog mentions

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1. Tolhurst, Tor & Li, Shuang & Cranfield, John, 2013. "Are Governments of the Right Leviathan for Agriculture? An Empirical Study of Government Transfers to Agricultural Producers in Canada," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150413, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

   Mentioned in:

   1. Yours Truly in the Globe and Mail
      by Marc F. Bellemare in Marc F. Bellemare on 2013-07-11 14:00:40

Working papers

1. Tolhurst, Tor N. & Ker, Alan P., 2017. "The Fingerprint of Climate on 65 Years of Increasing and Asymmetric Crop Yield Volatility in the Corn Belt," 2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois 259189, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

   Cited by:

   1. Jesse Tack & Keith Coble & Barry Barnett, 2018. "Warming temperatures will likely induce higher premium rates and government outlays for the U.S. crop insurance program," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 49(5), pages 635-647, September.

2. Tolhurst, Tor & Ker, Alan P., 2013. "On Technological Change in Crop Yields," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 151269, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
   • Tor N. Tolhurst & Alan P. Ker, 2015. "On Technological Change in Crop Yields," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 97(1), pages 137-158.

   Cited by:

   1. Alex Boakye, 2023. "Estimating agriculture technologies’ impact on maize yield in rural South Africa," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 3(8), pages 1-17, August.
   2. A. Ford Ramsey & Barry K. Goodwin, 2019. "Value-at-Risk and Models of Dependence in the U.S. Federal Crop Insurance Program," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-21, April.
   3. Zheng Li & Roderick M. Rejesus & Xiaoyong Zheng, 2021. "Nonparametric Estimation and Inference of Production Risk," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 103(5), pages 1857-1877, October.
   4. A Ford Ramsey, 2020. "Probability Distributions of Crop Yields: A Bayesian Spatial Quantile Regression Approach," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 102(1), pages 220-239, January.
   5. Shen, Zhiwei, 2016. "Adaptive local parametric estimation of crop yields: implication for crop insurance ratemaking," 156th Seminar, October 4, 2016, Wageningen, The Netherlands 249984, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
   6. Barry K. Goodwin & Nicholas E. Piggott, 2020. "Has Technology Increased Agricultural Yield Risk? Evidence from the Crop Insurance Biotech Endorsement," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 102(5), pages 1578-1597, October.
   7. Ramirez, Octavio A. & Shonkwiler, J. Scott, 2017. "A Probabilistic Model of Crop Insurance Purchase Decision," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 42(1), pages 1-17, January.
   8. Yong Liu & Alan P. Ker, 2021. "Simultaneous borrowing of information across space and time for pricing insurance contracts: An application to rating crop insurance policies," Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 88(1), pages 231-257, March.
   9. Fabio G Santeramo, 2019. "I Learn, You Learn, We Gain Experience in Crop Insurance Markets," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 41(2), pages 284-304, June.
      • Santeramo, Fabio Gaetano, 2016. "I Learn, You Learn, We Gain. Experience in Crop Insurance Markets," MPRA Paper 86379, University Library of Munich, Germany.
   10. Liu, Y. & Ker, A., 2018. "Is There Too Much History in Historical Yield Data," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277293, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
   11. Ker, Alan. P & Tolhurst, Tor & Liu, Yong, 2015. "Rating Area-yield Crop Insurance Contracts Using Bayesian Model Averaging and Mixture Models," 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California 205211, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
   12. Addey, Kwame Asiam & Shaik, Saleem & Nganje, William, 2022. "DEVELOPMENT OF FARM MODEL FOR ND and NGP Prediction of Corn and Soybean Yields in the Presence of Random Shocks," Agribusiness & Applied Economics Report 320066, North Dakota State University, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics.
   13. ODonoghue, Erik & Tulman, Sarah, 2016. "The Demand for Crop Insurance: Elasticity and the Effect of Yield Shocks," 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts 235623, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
   14. Du, Xiaodong & Dong, Fengxia, 2024. "Climate Change and Dynamics of Crop Yield Distribution," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA 343786, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
   15. Tolhurst, Tor N. & Ker, Alan P., 2017. "The Fingerprint of Climate on 65 Years of Increasing and Asymmetric Crop Yield Volatility in the Corn Belt," 2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois 259189, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
   16. Paolo Agnolucci & Vincenzo De Lipsis, 2020. "Long-run trend in agricultural yield and climatic factors in Europe," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 159(3), pages 385-405, April.
   17. Jesse Tack & Keith Coble & Barry Barnett, 2018. "Warming temperatures will likely induce higher premium rates and government outlays for the U.S. crop insurance program," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 49(5), pages 635-647, September.
   18. Jacques, David & Fox, Glenn & White, Peter, 2018. "Farm level economic analysis of subsurface drip irrigation in Ontario corn production," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 203(C), pages 333-343.
   19. Chemeris, Anna & Liu, Yong & Ker, Alan P., 2022. "Insurance subsidies, climate change, and innovation: Implications for crop yield resiliency," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
   20. Kuangyu Wen, 2023. "A semiparametric spatio‐temporal model of crop yield trend and its implication to insurance rating," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 54(5), pages 662-673, September.
   21. Alexandre Gohin, 2019. "General Equilibrium Modelling of the Insurance Industry: U.S. Crop Insurance," Journal of Global Economic Analysis, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, vol. 4(2), pages 108-145, December.

Articles

1. Alan P. Ker & Barry Barnett & David Jacques & Tor Tolhurst, 2017. "Canadian Business Risk Management: Private Firms, Crown Corporations, and Public Institutions," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 65(4), pages 591-612, December.

   Cited by:

   1. Jacob Wells & Peter Slade, 2021. "The effect of the Canada–China canola trade dispute on canola prices," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 69(1), pages 141-149, March.
   2. Peter Slade, 2021. "The impact of price hedging on subsidized insurance: Evidence from Canada," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 69(4), pages 447-464, December.
   3. Kulawik, Jacek, 2023. "Expected Utility and Prospect Theories Versus Agricultural Insurance," Problems of Agricultural Economics / Zagadnienia Ekonomiki Rolnej 333731, Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute (IAFE-NRI).
   4. Peter Slade, 2020. "Business risk management programs under review," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 68(3), pages 263-270, September.
   5. Yong Liu & Alan P. Ker, 2021. "Simultaneous borrowing of information across space and time for pricing insurance contracts: An application to rating crop insurance policies," Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 88(1), pages 231-257, March.
   6. Alan P. Ker & Scott Biden, 2021. "Risk management in Canada's agricultural sector in light of COVID‐19: Considerations one year later," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 69(2), pages 299-305, June.
   7. Chemeris, Anna & Liu, Yong & Ker, Alan P., 2022. "Insurance subsidies, climate change, and innovation: Implications for crop yield resiliency," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
   8. Alan P. Ker, 2020. "Risk management in Canada's agricultural sector in light of COVID‐19," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 68(2), pages 251-258, June.

2. Alan P. Ker & Tor N. Tolhurst & Yong Liu, 2016. "Bayesian Estimation of Possibly Similar Yield Densities: Implications for Rating Crop Insurance Contracts," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 98(2), pages 360-382.

   Cited by:

   1. Park, Eunchun & Brorsen, Wade & Harri, Ardian, 2017. "Spatially Smoothed Crop Yield Density Estimation: Physical Distance vs Climate Similarity," 2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois 259145, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
   2. Li, Yuansen & Tolhurst, Tor N., 2024. "Adoption of Genetically Engineered Seeds in China: Predicting Treatment Effects on the Crop-Yield Distribution by Synthetic Control," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA 343921, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
   3. A. Ford Ramsey & Barry K. Goodwin, 2019. "Value-at-Risk and Models of Dependence in the U.S. Federal Crop Insurance Program," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-21, April.
   4. Niyibizi, Bart & Brorsen, Wade & Park, Eunchun, 2018. "Using Bayesian Kriging for Spatial Smoothing of Trends in the Means and Variances of Crop Yield Densities," 2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C. 274403, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
   5. Ramsey, A., 2018. "Conditional Distributions of Crop Yields: A Bayesian Approach for Characterizing Technological Change," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277253, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
   6. A Ford Ramsey, 2020. "Probability Distributions of Crop Yields: A Bayesian Spatial Quantile Regression Approach," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 102(1), pages 220-239, January.
   7. Shen, Zhiwei, 2016. "Adaptive local parametric estimation of crop yields: implication for crop insurance ratemaking," 156th Seminar, October 4, 2016, Wageningen, The Netherlands 249984, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
   8. Fujin Yi & Mengfei Zhou & Yu Yvette Zhang, 2020. "Value of Incorporating ENSO Forecast in Crop Insurance Programs," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 102(2), pages 439-457, March.
   9. Yong Liu & Alan P. Ker, 2021. "Simultaneous borrowing of information across space and time for pricing insurance contracts: An application to rating crop insurance policies," Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 88(1), pages 231-257, March.
   10. Claudia Schmidt & Steven C. Deller & Stephan J. Goetz, 2024. "Women farmers and community well‐being under modeling uncertainty," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 46(1), pages 275-299, March.
   11. Liu, Y. & Ker, A., 2018. "Is There Too Much History in Historical Yield Data," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277293, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
   12. Yong Liu & A. Ford Ramsey, 2023. "Incorporating historical weather information in crop insurance rating," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 105(2), pages 546-575, March.
   13. Tolhurst, Tor N. & Ker, Alan P., 2017. "The Fingerprint of Climate on 65 Years of Increasing and Asymmetric Crop Yield Volatility in the Corn Belt," 2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois 259189, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
   14. Park, Eunchun & Brorsen, B. Wade & Harri, Ardian, 2016. "Using Bayesian Spatial Smoothing and Extreme Value Theory to Develop Area-Yield Crop Insurance Rating," 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts 235754, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
   15. Kuangyu Wen & Ximing Wu & David J. Leatham, 2021. "Spatially Smoothed Kernel Densities with Application to Crop Yield Distributions," Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics, Springer;The International Biometric Society;American Statistical Association, vol. 26(3), pages 349-366, September.
   16. Chemeris, Anna & Liu, Yong & Ker, Alan P., 2022. "Insurance subsidies, climate change, and innovation: Implications for crop yield resiliency," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
   17. Kuangyu Wen, 2023. "A semiparametric spatio‐temporal model of crop yield trend and its implication to insurance rating," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 54(5), pages 662-673, September.

3. Tor N. Tolhurst & Alan P. Ker, 2015. "On Technological Change in Crop Yields," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 97(1), pages 137-158.
   • Tolhurst, Tor & Ker, Alan P., 2013. "On Technological Change in Crop Yields," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 151269, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
   See citations under working paper version above.

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1. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (2) 2013-06-24 2013-07-05
2. NEP-ECM: Econometrics (1) 2015-08-01
3. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (1) 2018-10-01
4. NEP-IAS: Insurance Economics (1) 2015-08-01

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