an investigation of the effect of support policies of government on income risk of egg producers through an application of ccv index

the main goal in carrying out this paper was to investigate the impacts of government’s support policies on income risk of egg producers in iran during years 1989-2008. index ccv, was employed to assess the variation in income of the producers. the results revealed that, market price support along with the overall support policies lead to a lowering of the percentage variations in income risk of egg producers. the risk decreasing effect of these polices was significant at a probability level of 5%, and meanwhile it was found that market price support and the overall support policies each lowered the income risk of egg producers by 10, and 2.92% respectively. in conclusion, the implementation of market adjustment policies, the choosing of optimal combinations of different support policies as well as variation in supports, depending upon the operational sector are fully emphasized.