Stopień awersji do ryzyka a wyniki gospodarstwa rolnego

In the paper the impact of risk aversion coefficient on expected farm results measured by certainty equivalent was investigated. The analyses were based on expected value-variance approach. In the first phase of the study a stochastic simulation was conducted in order to compute means and variances of revenues assuming scenario with and without insurance scheme. In the second phase, results obtained in the first step were incorporated into whole-farm non-linear programming model which optimized structure of crop production. The results indicate that individual farmer’s attitude towards risk is one of the crucial parameters of risk evaluation in a farm.