Determinants of farmers' willingness to participate in subsidy schemes for pesticide-free buffer zones-A choice experiment study

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1558-1564

  Christensen, Tove ^a   Pedersen, Anders Branth ^b   Nielsen, Helle Oersted ^b   Mørkbak, Morten Raun ^a   Hasler, Berit ^b   Denver, Sigrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agri environmental schemes; Choice experiments; Farmer; Participation; Preferences; Voluntary agreements

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BUFFER ZONE; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PESTICIDE; TRADE-OFF; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

DENMARK;

EID: 79956143514     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.03.021     Document Type: Article

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