Risk, Government Programs, and the Environment

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英文名称：

Risk, Government Programs, and the Environment

作者：

Michael Roberts; Craig Osteen; Meredith Soule

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=47465

关键词：

financial risk;  government programs;  production practices;  environmental quality; 

年份：

2004

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

59 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

Financial risk permeates nearly all farm business ventures. In some instances, private and public tools used to manage financial risks in agriculture may influence farmers' production decisions. These decisions, in turn, can influence environmental quality. This bulletin synthesizes several research literatures and provides some perspective on private and public attempts to cope with financial risks and their unintended environmental consequences. Specifically, it examines the conceptual underpinnings of risk-related research, challenges involved with measuring the consequences of risk for agricultural production decisions, government programs that influence the risk and return of farm businesses, and how production decisions influence both the environment and the risk and average returns to farming.