A local maximum likelihood model of crop yield distributions Academic Article

abstract

• AbstractIn this note, we propose a local maximum likelihood estimator for spatiallydependent distributions. Our estimator adopts the Poisson regression approach for density ratio models and incorporates spatial smoothing via local regression. We also present a method of smoothing parameter selection. We illustrate this easytoimplement estimator with an application to the estimation of corn yield distributions of Iowa counties. The usefulness of the approach is further demonstrated via an application to the estimation of crop insurance premium.

authors

• Wu, Ximing
• Zhang, Yu (Yvette)

published proceedings

• CANADIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS-REVUE CANADIENNE D AGROECONOMIE

author list (cited authors)

• Wu, X., & Zhang, Y. Y.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Wu, Ximing||Zhang, Yu Yvette

publication date

• March 2020

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

keywords

• 30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences
• 3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management
• 38 Economics
• 3801 Applied Economics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/cjag.12219

start page

• 117

end page

• 125

volume

• 68

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cjag.12219