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(DP 1988-03) Production Under Uncertainty: Safety First and the Crop Mix

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Title (DP 1988-03) Production Under Uncertainty: Safety First and the Crop Mix
 
Creator Encarnacion, Jr., Jose
 
Description A safety first decision criterion suggests a secondary objectives when the safety condition is satisfied. In the model of this paper, the product mix of a smallholder pursuing safety first in one where the crops produced are equally safe -- he cannot afford to gamble and he does not. When the safety condition is satisfied, he chooses a riskier crop mix the larger his resources or the lower his degree of risk aversion.
 
Publisher UPSE Discussion Papers
 
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Date 2010-08-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.econ.upd.edu.ph/dp/index.php/dp/article/view/254
 
Source UPSE Discussion Papers; 1988
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.econ.upd.edu.ph/dp/index.php/dp/article/view/254/310