3. The Politics and Economics of the U.S. Crop Insurance Program

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research vi
3. Contents vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. An Overview of the Intended and Unintended Effects of U.S. Agricultural and Biotechnology Policies 1
6. I. Agricultural Policy
7. 1. The Buck Stops Where? 15
8. 2. Modeling Processor Market Power and the Incidence of Agricultural Policy 51
9. 3. The Politics and Economics of the U.S. Crop Insurance Program 83
10. 4. Supply and Effects of Specialty Crop Insurance 113
11. 5. Risk Response in Agriculture 143
12. II. Biofuels and Biotechnology
13. 6. Commodity Price Volatility in the Biofuel Era 189
14. 7. Meeting the Mandate for Biofuels 223
15. 8. Land for Food and Fuel Production 269
16. Contributors 289
17. Author Index 291
18. Subject Index 295