Date
Sept. 30, 2011
Authors
Raymond J. Kopp
Publication
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Former Senior Fellow
Raymond J. Kopp is a senior fellow at RFF. During his career Kopp has specialized in the analysis of environmental and natural resource issues with a focus on Federal regulatory activity.
More Farmers Are Enrolling in Crop Insurance Due to Extreme Heat
A new paper finds that a decline in crop yield due to extreme heat boosts insurance enrollment for corn and soybeans the following year.
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This working paper explores how extreme heat impacts crop insurance enrollment, finding that declines in crop yield from extreme heat do, in fact, increase enrollment.
Comment on the Bureau of Land Management’s Proposed Rule on Oil and Gas Leasing
Proposed changes would have little impact on domestic oil and gas production but would substantially increase the risk that US taxpayers will have to shoulder the costs of decommissioning oil and gas well sites on federal lands.
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