Dr. Keith H. Coble
Title
- Professor and Vice-President, Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine
Contact Information
khc3@msstate.edu
Office: 662-325-3006
203 Bost Extension
Overview
Biography
Dr. Keith H. Coble is a W.L. Giles Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Economics. Coble served on the Board of Directors of Agricultural and Applied Economics Association and as Associate Editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Education
- Texas A & M University, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Ag Economics
- University of Missouri, Columbia, Master of Education (M.Ed.), Agriculture
- University of Missouri, Columbia, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), General Agriculture
Research/Extension Interests
Risk management
Agricultural and food policy
Insurance
Experimental economics
Teaching Interests
Food and agricultural policy
Production economics
Research methods
Website
Publications
Year | Publications |
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2023 | Tsiboe, F., Tack, J. B., Coble, K. H., Harri, A., Cooper, J. 2023. Simulating corn futures market reaction and prices under weekly yield forecasts. Agricultural Finance Review 83(4/5):655-674. |
2022 | Park, E., Harri, A., Coble, K. H. 2022. Estimating Crop Yield Densities for Counties with Missing Data. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 47(3):634-655. |
2022 | Biram, H., Coble, K. H., Harri, A., Park, E., Tack, J. 2022. Mitigating Price and Yield Risk Using Revenue Protection and Agriculture Risk Coverage. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics Download |
2022 | Maples, W. E., Coble, K. H., Giri, A. K., Subedi, D. 2022. Impact of government programs on producer demand for hedging. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 44(3):1126-1138. |
2021 | Tiwari, S., Coble, K., Barry, B., Harri, A. 2021. Hedging the Price Risk Inherent in Revenue Protection Insurance. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 53(4):510-530. |
2020 | Coble, K. H. 2020. Frontier studies in agricultural insurance. Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice Volume 45(Issue 1). |
2020 | Coble, K. H. 2020. Relevant and/or Elegant Economics. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 102(2):392-399. |
2020 | Williams, A., Williams, B., Hansen, C., Coble, K. H. 2020. The Impact of Pet Health Insurance on Dog Owners’ Spending for Veterinary Services. MDPI 10(7). |
2020 | Wu, S., Goodwin, B. K., Coble, K. H. 2020. Moral hazard and subsidized crop insurance. Agricultural Economics 51(1):131-142. |
2020 | Gregory, E., Li, X., Parman, B. J., Coble, K. H. 2020. Green Acres: A Study of Cropland Values in Mississippi. American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers Download |
2020 | Li, X., Shen, Z., Harri, A., Coble, K. H. 2020. Comparing Survey-Based and Programme-Based Yield Data: Implication for the U.S. ARC-CO Programme. Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice 45(1):184–202. |
2019 | Tack, J., Coble, K. H., Johansson, R., Harri, A., Barnett, B. 2019. The Potential Implications of “Big Ag Data” for USDA Forecasts. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 41(4):668-683. |
2018 | Tack, J. B., Coble, K. H., Barnett, B. J. 2018. Warming temperatures will likely induce higher premium rates and government outlays for the US crop insurance program. Agricultural Economics 49(1):635-647. |
2018 | Goodwin, B., Harri, A., Rejesus, R., Coble, K. H., Knight, T. 2018. Measuring Price Risk in Rating Revenue Coverage: BS or No BS?. America Journal of Agricultural Economics 100(2):456-478. |
2018 | Krah, K., Petrolia, D. R., Williams, A., Coble, K. H., Harri, A., Rejesus, R. 2018. Producer Preferences for Contracts on a Risky Bioenergy Crop. Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy 40(2):240-258. |
2018 | Coble, K. H., Mishra, A., Griffin, T., Ferrill, S. 2018. Big Data in Agriculture: A Challenge for the Future. Applied Economics and Policy Perspectives 40(1):70-96. |
2018 | Coble, K. H., Williams, B. 2018. Are Large Farms Less Risky to Insure than Small Farms?. Choices Download |
2017 | Chalise, L., Coble, K. H., Barnett, B. J., Miller, C. 2017. Developing Area-Triggered Whole-Farm Revenue Insurance. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 42(1):27-44. Download |
2016 | Maestro, T., Barnett, B. J., Coble, K. H., Garrido, A., Bielza, M. 2016. Drought Index Insurance for the Central Valley Project in California. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy |
2015 | Pendell, D. L., Marsh, T. L., Coble, K. H., Lusk, J. L., Szmania, S. C. 2015. Economic Assessment of FMDv Releases from the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility. PLoS ONE 10(6):e0129134. |
2015 | Petrolia, D. R., Hwang, J., Landry, C., Coble, K. H. 2015. Wind Insurance and Mitigation in the Coastal Zone. Land Economics 91(2):272-295. Download |
2015 | Coble, K. H., Miller, M. F., Rejesus, R. M., Boyles, R., Goodwin, B. K., Knight, T. O. 2015. Accounting for Weather Probabilities in Crop Insurance Rating. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 40(20):306-324. Download |
2014 | Collart, A. J., Coble, K. H. 2014. Highlights of the Agricultural Act of 2014 for Specialty Crops. Choices 29(2):1-4. Download |
2014 | Coble, K. H., Barnaby, G. A., Jones, R. 2014. Crop Insurance in the Agricultural Act of 2014. Choices 29(2):1-4. Download |
2014 | Annan, F., Tack, J. B., Harri, A., Coble, K. H. 2014. Spatial Pattern of Yield Distributions: Implications for Crop Insurance. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 96(1):253-268. |
2013 | Coble, K. H., Barnett, B. J. 2013. Why Do We Subsidize Crop Insurance?. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 95:498-504. |
2013 | Mutac, M., Rejesus, R., Coble, K. H., Mitchell, P., Knight, T. O. 2013. U.S. Agricultural Producer Perceptions of Climate Change. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 10(6):701-718. |
2013 | Coble, K. H., Knight, T. O., Miller, M. F., Goodwin, B. K., Rejesus, R. M., Boyles, R. 2013. Estimating Structural Change in U.S. Crop Insurance Experience. Agricultural Finance Review 73(1):74-87. |
2013 | Borman, J. I., Goodwin, B. K., Coble, K. H., Knight, T. O., Rejesus, R. 2013. Accounting for Short Samples and Heterogeneous Experience in Rating Crop Insurance. Agricultural Finance Review 73(1):88-101. |
2013 | Petrolia, D. R., Landry, C., Coble, K. H. 2013. Risk Preferences, Risk Perceptions, and Demand for Flood Insurance. Land Economics 89(2):227-245. Download |
2012 | Barnett, B. J., Coble, K. H. 2012. Understanding Regional Differences in Farm Policy Preferences. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94:528-534. |
2012 | Tack, J. B., Harri, A., Coble, K. H. 2012. More than Mean Effects: Modeling The Effect of Climate on the Higher Moments of Crop Yield. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94(October):1037-1054. |
2011 | Weirich, J. W., Shaw, D. R., Coble, K. H., Owen, M. D., Dixon, P. M., Weller, S. C., Young, B. G., Wilson, R. G., Jordan, D. L. 2011. Benchmark study on glyphosate- resistant cropping systems in the United States. Part 6: Timeliness of economic decision-making in implementing weed resistance management strategies. Pest Management Science 67(7):785-789. |
2011 | Ubilava, D., Barnett, B. J., Coble, K. H., Harri, A. 2011. The SURE Program and Its Interaction with Other Federal Farm Programs. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 36(3):630-648. Download |
2011 | Miller, J. C., Coble, K. H. 2011. Incentives Matter: Assessing Biofuel Policies in the South. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 43(August):413-421. |
2011 | Linton, J. A., Miller, J. C., Little, R. D., Petrolia, D. R., Coble, K. H. 2011. Economic feasibility of producing sweet sorghum as an ethanol feedstock in the Southeastern United States. Biomass and Bioenergy 35(July):3050-3057. |
2011 | Coble, K. H., Yang, Z., Hudson, M. D. 2011. Using experimental economics to evaluate alternative subjective elicitation procedures. Applied Economics 43(May):1729-1736. |
2011 | Liang, Y., Miller, J. C., Harri, A., Coble, K. H. 2011. Crop Supply Response under Risk: Impacts of Emerging Issues on Southeastern U.S. Agriculture. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 43(May):181-194. |
2011 | Harri, A., Coble, K. H., Ker, A. P., Goodwin, B. J. 2011. Relaxing Heteroscedasticity Assumptions in Area-Yield Crop Insurance Rating. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 93(3):703-713. |
2011 | Dismukes, R., Coble, K. H., Ubilava, D., Cooper, J. C., Arriola, C. 2011. Alternatives to a State-Based ACRE Program: Expected Payments Under a National, Crop District, or County Base. ERR-126, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Download |
2011 | Harri, A., Coble, K. H. 2011. Normality Testing: Two New Tests Using LMoments. Journal of Applied Statistics 38(7):1369-1379. |
2011 | Liang, Y., Miller, J. C., Harri, A., Coble, K. H. 2011. Crop Supply Response under Risk: Impacts of Emerging Issues on Southeastern Agriculture. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 43(2):181-194. |
2010 | Rejesus, R. M., Goodwin, B. K., Coble, K. H., Knight, T. O. 2010. Evaluation of the Reference Yield Calculation Method in Crop Insurance. Agricultural Finance Review 70(2010):427-445. |
2010 | Coble, K. H., Lusk, J. L. 2010. At the nexus of risk and time preferences: An experimental investigation. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 41(1):67-79. |
2010 | Knight, T. O., Coble, K. H., Goodwin, B. K., Rejesus, R. M., Seo, S. 2010. Developing Variable Unit-Structure Premium Rate Differentials in Crop Insurance. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 92(Jan):141-151. |
2009 | Barnett, B. J., Coble, K. H. 2009. Are Our Agricultural Risk Management Tools Adequate for a New Era?. Choices 24(1):36-39. Download |
2009 | Harri, A., Riley, J. M., Anderson, J. D., Coble, K. H. 2009. Managing Economic Risk in Value Based Marketing of Fed Cattle. Agricultural Economics 40(May):295-306. |
2009 | Anderson, J. D., Harri, A., Coble, K. H. 2009. Techniques for Multivariate Simulation from Mixed Marginal Distributions with Application to Whole Farm Revenue Simulation. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 34(April):53-67. Download |
2009 | Yang, Z., Coble, K. H., Hudson, M. D. 2009. The Role of Individual Personality Type in Subjective Elicitation Outcomes. Journal of Risk Research 12(March):209-222. |
2009 | Harri, A., Erdem, C., Coble, K. H., Knight, T. O. 2009. Crop Yield Distributions: A Reconciliation of Previous Research and Statistical Tests for Normality. Review of Agricultural Economics 31(1):163-182. Download |
2008 | Shaik, S., Coble, K. H., Knight, T. O., Baquet, A. E., Patrick, G. F. 2008. Crop Revenue and Yield Insurance Demand: A Subjective Probability Approach. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 40(3):757-766. |
2008 | Coble, K. H., Dismukes, R. 2008. Distributional and Risk Reduction Effects of Commodity Revenue Program Design. Review of Agricultural Economics 30(3):543-553. Download |
2008 | Miller, J. C., Coble, K. H. 2008. An International Comparison of the Effects of Government Agricultural Support on Food Budget Shares. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economic 40(2):551-558. |
2008 | Coble, K. H., Barnett, B. J. 2008. Implications of Integrated Commodity Programs and Crop Insurance. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economic 40(2):431-442. |
2008 | Rejesus, R. M., Knight, T. O., Jaramillo, M., Coble, K. H., Patrick, G. F., Baquet, A. 2008. Preference for Risk Management Information Sources: Implications for Extension and Outreach Programming. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 37(1):106-116. |
2008 | Hanson, T. R., Shaik, S., Coble, K. H., Edwards, S., Miller, J. C. 2008. Identifying Risk Factors Affecting Weather- and Disease-Related Losses in the U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish Industry. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 37(1):27-40. |
2008 | Shaik, S., Coble, K. H., Hudson, M. D., Miller, J. C., Hanson, T., Sempier, S. H. 2008. Willingness to Pay for A Potential Insurance Policy: Case Study of Trout Aquaculture. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 37(1):41-50. |
2008 | Coble, K. H., Miller, J. C., Hudson, M. D. 2008. Decoupled Farm Payments and Expectations for Base Updating. Review of Agricultural Economics 30(1):27-42. Download |
2007 | Anderson, J. D., Coble, K. H., Miller, J. C. 2007. Hedging a Government Entitlement: The Case of Countercyclical Payments. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 39(3):507-522. |
2007 | Coble, K. H., Anderson, J. D., Thomas, S. E., Miller, J. C. 2007. Comparing Commodity Programs under the 2002 Farm Bill to the USDA Proposal for Marketing Loan, Direct Payment, and Counter-cyclical Payment Programs. Western Economic Forum 6(2):1-9. |
2007 | Coble, K. H., Patrick, G. F., Peiter, A. J., Knight, T. O., Baquet, A. E. 2007. Hog Producers’ Risk Management Attitudes and Desire for Additional Risk Management Education. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 39(3):671-688. |
2006 | Rejesus, R. M., Coble, K. H., Knight, T. O., Jin, Y. 2006. Developing Experience-Based Premium Rate Discounts in Crop Insurance. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 88(2):406-419. |
2005 | Isik, M., Hudson, M. D., Coble, K. H. 2005. The value of site-specific information and the environment: Technology adoption and pesticide use under uncertainty. Journal of Environmental Management 76(3):245-254. |
2005 | Hudson, M. D., Coble, K. H., Lusk, J. L. 2005. Consistency of risk premium measures. Agricultural Economics 33(1):41-49. |
2005 | Lusk, J. L., Coble, K. H. 2005. Risk Perceptions, Risk Preferences, and Acceptance of Risky Food. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 87(2):393-405. |
2005 | Davis, T. D., Patrick, G. F., Coble, K. H., Knight, T. O., Baquet, A. E. 2005. Forward Pricing Behavior of Corn and Soybean Producers. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 37(1):145-160. |
2005 | Vergara, O., Coble, K. H., Hudson, M. D., Knight, T. O., Patrick, G. F., Baquet, A. E. 2005. Target Markets for Grain and Cotton Marketing Consultants and Market Information Systems. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 30(1):167-183. Download |
Extension Publications
Year | Publications |
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2020 | Brewer, S. L., Maples, J., Coble, K. H. 2020. Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) Insurance for Feeder Cattle in Mississippi. Mississippi State University Extension Service P3488. Download |
Graduate Students
Awards & Honors
- Bruce Gardner Award
USDA Economists Group - Distinguished Professional Contribution in the Teaching of a Course
Southern Agricultural Economics Association - Faculty Achievement Award
Southeastern Conference - Fellow
National FFA Farm Business Management - Grantsmanship Award
Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station - Helios Award
USDA Economic Research Service - Life Time Achievement Award
Southern Agricultural Economics Association - Outstanding Article
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association – Applied Risk Analysis Section - Outstanding Faculty Research Award
Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station - Outstanding Research Award
Mississippi State, Gamma Sigma Delta - Outstanding Research/Quality of Communications
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association – Agricultural Finance Section - Outstanding Scientific Publication
Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station - Outstanding Teacher Award
Mississippi State, Gamma Sigma Delta - Service Award
MSU Division of Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine - William L. Giles Distinguished Professor
Mississippi State University
Society Memberships
- Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
- American Economic Association
- Southern Agricultural Economics Association
- Western Agricultural Economics Association