Effects of observability and complexity on farmers’ adoption of environmental practices

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1346-1362

  McCann, Laura ^a   Gedikoglu, Haluk ^b   Broz, Bob ^a   Lory, John ^a   Massey, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adoption; behavioral economics; complexity; manure; nutrient management; observability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929837279     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2014.924911     Document Type: Article

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