The Impact of Pasture Insurance on Farmland Values

Jennifer Ifft, Shang Wu and Todd Kuethe ()

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2014, vol. Prepublication Previews, 16

Abstract: This study examines the impact of publicly supported insurance on agricultural land values. The analysis employs confidential, nationally representative panel data on field-level pastureland values and exploits a natural experiment provided by gradual introduction of the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Insurance Pilot Program. We use a field-level fixed-effects model that controls for several time-variant factors. We find that insurance availability is associated with an increase of at least 4 percent in pastureland values. This increase is comparable with increases generated by other government programs but is much smaller than total farmland value increases experienced in recent years.

Keywords: Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.188001

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