Risk and household behavior in Pakistan's agriculture
By: by Takashi Kurosaki.
Contributors: Ajia Keizai Kenkyūjo (Japan)
Series: I.D.E. occasional papers series ;; no. 34
Publisher: Institute of Developing Economies
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Tokyo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
Subjects: Farms, Small -- Pakistan -- Econometric models.; Farm income -- Pakistan -- Econometric models.; Agricultural systems -- Economic aspects -- Pakistan -- Econometric models.; Crop losses -- Economic aspects -- Pakistan -- Econometric models.; Risk management -- Pakistan -- Econometric models.; Households -- Pakistan -- Econometric models.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-162) and index.
Revision of the author's doctoral dissertation (Stanford, 1995).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Risk and Household Behavior in Development Economics; title: 2 Study Area and Sample Households; title: 3 Production Environment and Yield Risk; title: 4 Output Markets and Price Risk; title: 5 Variability in Net Profits at the Individual Farm Level; title: 6 Determinants of Crop Choices under Uncertainty; title: 7 Crops, Livestock, and Household Income-Consumption; title: 8 Fodder Price Risk and Evolution of Rural Markets; title: 9 Household Decisions under Uncertainty and Rural; title: Development-Concluding Discussion; title: References; title: Index.