Going beyond perfect rationality: drought risk, economic choices and the influence of social networks

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2-3, 2016, Pages 335-369

  van Duinen, Rianne ^a,b   Filatova, Tatiana ^a,b   Jager, Wander ^c   van der Veen, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT; FARMERS ATTITUDE; INCOME; IRRIGATION; MACROECONOMICS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; WATER DEMAND;

EID: 84944561071     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-015-0699-4     Document Type: Article

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