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Coping with risk in agriculture : applied decision analysis / J. Brian Hardaker, Emeritus Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of New England, Australia, Gudbrand Lien, Professor, Lillehammer University College : Senior Researcher, Norwegian Agricultural Economics research Institute, Norway, Jock R. Anderson, Emeritus Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of New England, Australia; Consultant, Washington, DC, USA, Ruud B.M. Huirne, Professor of Cooperative Entrepreneurship, Wageningen University and Rabobank, The Netherlands.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston, MA : CABI, [2015]Edition: Third editionDescription: xii, 276 pages ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781780645742 (hbk : alk. paper)
  • 9781780642406 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 630.68 23
LOC classification:
  • S561 .H2335 2015
Contents:
Introduction to risk in agriculture -- Decision analysis: outline and basic assumptions -- Probabilities for decision analysis -- More about probabilities for decision analysis -- Attitudes to risky consequences -- Integrating beliefs and preferences for decision analysis -- Decision analysis with preferences unknown -- The state-contingent approach to decision analysis -- Risk and mathematical programming models -- Decision analysis with multiple objectives -- Risky decision making and time -- Strategies decision makers can use to manage risk -- Risk considerations in agricultural policy making.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to risk in agriculture -- Decision analysis: outline and basic assumptions -- Probabilities for decision analysis -- More about probabilities for decision analysis -- Attitudes to risky consequences -- Integrating beliefs and preferences for decision analysis -- Decision analysis with preferences unknown -- The state-contingent approach to decision analysis -- Risk and mathematical programming models -- Decision analysis with multiple objectives -- Risky decision making and time -- Strategies decision makers can use to manage risk -- Risk considerations in agricultural policy making.

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