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Value of Weather Information in Market Equilibrium (The)

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  • Babcock, Bruce A.
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Examines how the value of weather information is changed with improvements in the accuracy of forecasts when farmers act noncooperatively. Description of a stylized model of competitive production with rational expectations; Effects of increase in forecast accuracy; Changes in the value of information; Changes in input use; Changes in expected supply.

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  • Babcock, Bruce A., 1990. "Value of Weather Information in Market Equilibrium (The)," Staff General Research Papers Archive 10592, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
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