Risk attitudes and the structure of decision-making: evidence from the Illinois hog industry

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 41-50

  Franken, Jason R V ^a   Pennings, Joost M E ^b,c,d   Garcia, Philip ^c,d  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracting; D81; Q13; Risk attitude; Risk behavior; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

AGROINDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; FARMERS ATTITUDE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIG; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994896291     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12293     Document Type: Article

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