Risk preferences and pesticide use by cotton farmers in China
文献类型:SCI/SSCI论文
作者 | Liu E. M. ; Huang J. K. |
发表日期 | 2013 |
关键词 | Risk preferences Prospect theory Pesticide use probability weighting function bt cotton prospect-theory multiple crops northern china moral hazard rural india technology attitudes aversion |
英文摘要 | Despite that insect-resistant Bt cotton has been lauded for its ability to reduce the use of pesticides, studies have shown that Chinese Bt cotton farmers continue to use excessive amounts of pesticides. Using results from a survey and an artefactual field experiment, we find that farmers who are more risk averse use greater quantities of pesticides. We also find that farmers who are more loss averse use lesser quantities of pesticides. This result is consistent with our conceptual framework and suggestive evidence where farmers behave in a loss averse manner in the health domain and place more weight on the importance of health over money in the loss domain. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
出处 | Journal of Development Economics |
卷 | 103 |
页 | 202-215 |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
ISSN号 | 0304-3878 |
源URL | [http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/30413] ![]() |
专题 | 地理科学与资源研究所_历年回溯文献 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Liu E. M.,Huang J. K.. Risk preferences and pesticide use by cotton farmers in China. 2013. |
入库方式: OAI收割
来源:地理科学与资源研究所
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