Research

Papers

1- Adaptation to Climate Change in the Presence of Crop Insurance: The Case of US Farmers (crop data and data cleaning appendix)

Federal Crop Insurance is the largest protective program of the government of Unites States for the farmers. It changes volatility of returns by providing a minimum predictable income for farmers. This paper studies whether having a reliable insurer of last resort, the US government, creates opportunities for moral hazard of farmers in their crop choices. It finds 2 and 6 percent increase in sensitivity to extreme heat for corn and soybeans growers, respectively.

Data Used in my Current Research

1- Crop data at QuickStat website of Department of Agriculture and it's bulk download page.

2- Agricultural insurance data on Summary of Business page.

3- Agricultural insurance subsidy data of Department of Agriculture.

4- Archive of all publicly available reports and data of the Department of Agriculture.

5- Daily climate data at PRISM website of  Oregon State University.

Past Work

1- A Framework for Analyzing Safeguards at the World Trade Organization, 2022.

2- Towards a Design of an Effective Safeguard Mechanism for the World Trading System, 2020. 

3- Inclusive Growth Diagnosis of Iran, 2018 (in Farsi).

4- An Analysis of Access of Iranian Households to Micro Finance Using Data Mining, 2018 (in Farsi)

5- Evaluation of Universal Health Insurance in Iran, 2018 (in Farsi)

6- An Analysis of Unequal Access of Social Groups to the Benefits of Economic Growth in Iran, 2018 (in Farsi)

7- The Impact of Countries’ Previous Legal Disputes in WTO on Their Current Cases, 2017 (in Farsi)

Data From Other Websites

1- International trade data on Stephen Redding's webpage.

2- Climate data on Yabin Da's webpage.

3- Environmental Policy Stringency Index of the OECD.

Literature Review

1- Policy Shocks

Table A-1 of Appendix to the Rosch (2021) paper, "Federal Crop Insurance: A Premier" provides an overview for the selected legislation that have affected the Federal Crop Insurance program. Other policy shocks are as following:

1- Yu, Smith and Sumner (2017) used this policy for the sensitivity analysis. 

1- Yu, Smith and Sumner (2017) used this policy for the sensitivity analysis. 

1- Yu, Smith and Sumner (2017) used Farm Bills of 1994, 2000 and 2008 for the sensitivity analysis. Their attention to choosing the pre and post years is instructive.

2- O'Donoghue, Roberts and Key (2009) used farm Bill 1994 to study the impact of increase in crop insurance coverage on farmers' diversification.

For one year, only farmers who enrolled in the catastrophic insurance became eligible for other farm program benefits. 

2- Instrumental Variables

1- Weber, Key and O’Donoghue (2016) uses this IV.