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Dr. Keith H. Coble

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
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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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2020

Coble, K. H. 2020. Frontier studies in agricultural insurance. Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice Volume 45(Issue 1).

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2020

Coble, K. H. 2020. Relevant and/or Elegant Economics. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 102(2):392-399.

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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).

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2020

Wu, S., Goodwin, B. K., Coble, K. H. 2020. Moral hazard and subsidized crop insurance. Agricultural Economics 51(1):131-142.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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2018

Coble, K. H., Williams, B. 2018. Are Large Farms Less Risky to Insure than Small Farms?. Choices

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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2014

Collart, A. J., Coble, K. H. 2014. Highlights of the Agricultural Act of 2014 for Specialty Crops. Choices 29(2):1-4.

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2014

Coble, K. H., Barnaby, G. A., Jones, R. 2014. Crop Insurance in the Agricultural Act of 2014. Choices 29(2):1-4.

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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.

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2013

Coble, K. H., Barnett, B. J. 2013. Why Do We Subsidize Crop Insurance?. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 95:498-504.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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2012

Barnett, B. J., Coble, K. H. 2012. Understanding Regional Differences in Farm Policy Preferences. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94:528-534.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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2011

Harri, A., Coble, K. H. 2011. Normality Testing: Two New Tests Using LMoments. Journal of Applied Statistics 38(7):1369-1379.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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2009

Barnett, B. J., Coble, K. H. 2009. Are Our Agricultural Risk Management Tools Adequate for a New Era?. Choices 24(1):36-39.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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2005

Hudson, M. D., Coble, K. H., Lusk, J. L. 2005. Consistency of risk premium measures. Agricultural Economics 33(1):41-49.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Extension Publications

Year Publications
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.

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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