Berghorn, Claudia (author), Berghorn, Hans-Heinrich (author), and International research project of the regional Farmers' Union, Westfaelisch-Lippischer Landwirtschaftsverband (WLV) with the support of the German and European Farmers' Unions (DBV/COPA).
Format:
Research report
Language:
German
Publication Date:
2013
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 190 Document Number: D02697
Notes:
78 pages., Report of research by the authors in Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland and the United States of America, August-December 2012.
Van Dijk, Heleen (author), Houghton, Julie (author), Van Kleef, Ellen (author), Van der Lans, Ivo. (author), Rowe, Gene (author), and Frewer, Lynn (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2008-03
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D02962
18 pages, Recent studies cast doubt on the ability of abstract experiments to predict decision-making in the field. Thus, scholars have argued for more ‘realism’ by introducing context to field experiments. Yet, such realism may work against the induced values of monetary incentives in economic experiments. It is an open question whether contextual framing works best with or without inducing values, through methods such as the use of monetary incentives. Using a sample of 146 German farmers, we compare experimentally the predictive power of a framed lottery in an agricultural context vs. using an abstract version. For one half of the sample, lotteries are incentivised; for the other half, they are hypothetical. Although risk preferences differ between treatments, all four lottery tasks correlate poorly with farmers’ real-world use of risk management instruments such as harvest or hail insurance. Subjects who start with an agricultural framing are willing to take significantly greater risks in the lotteries. More generally, our findings cast doubt on the ability of lottery tasks to predict risk-taking in the field.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26344
Notes:
Posted at http://www.epobio.net/0704AttitudesReport.pdf, From the EPOBIO project supported by the European Commission. 128 pages., Results of a six-nation European public survey related to an international project (EPOBIO) to raise the economic potential of plant-derived raw materials by designing new generations of bio-based products that will reach the marketplace 10-15 years from now. Six-page printout includes the summary of findings.
Frewer, L.J. (author), Rowe, G. (author), Krystallis, A. (author), Houghton, J.R. (author), Van Kleef, E. (author), Pfenning, U. (author), Van Dijk, H. (author), and Van der Lans, I.A. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2007-12
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27266
