Nudging farmers to enrol land into agri-environmental schemes: The role of a collective bonus

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 609-636

  Kuhfuss, Laure ^a   Préget, Raphaële ^b   Thoyer, Sophie ^b   Hanley, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Lameta and University of Montpellier 1   (France)

Author keywords

Behavioural economics; Choice experiment; Collective incentive; Payment for environmental services; Social norm

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS;

FRANCE;

EID: 84984698387     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbv031     Document Type: Article

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