Budgetary and Resource Allocation Effects of Revenue Assurance: Summary of Results, The
评估了1995年农场法案中提出的“爱荷华计划”，该计划以收入保障替代现有目标价格、灾害补贴等政策，为农民提供收入底线，并分析其预算与资源配置影响。
One of the more intriguing alternatives under consideration for the 1995 Farm Bill is the "Iowa Plan." This idea originated with a group of Iowa's farm and commodity organizations. It is receiving increased attention from national farm organizations, academics, and politicians. The basic premise is very simple. Rather than the current mixture of target prices, disaster payments, set-aside provisions, and crop insurance, the government would underwrite a program that guarantees producers a certain percentage of recent revenues. The idea has much intuitive appeal because farmers(and their bankers) would by assured of a certain revenue figure regardless of what happens to prices or yield.