Yano, Yuki
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2011Peer reviewed
Blandford, David; Yano, Yuki
Risk aversion has been considered a factor in mitigating the moral hazard problem in agri-environmental policy. If farmers face multiple sources of uncertainty, however, risk aversion could contribute to the problem. Focusing on a required reduction in the use of a potentially damaging input under an agri-environmental scheme, we address the implications of risk aversion for a farmer's decision on compliance. We show that risk aversion can indeed mitigate the moral hazard problem, but, if a required change in production practices increases output risk, the impact of risk aversion is ambiguous.
agri-environmental programmes; moral hazard; price and production uncertainty; compliance; risk-input relationships
European Review of Agricultural Economics
2011, Volume: 38, number: 1, pages: 141-155 Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use
Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbq049
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/47141