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Farmers’ attitudes toward economic experimentation

Leon Englberger et al.

Q Open: A Journal of Agricultural, Climate, Environmental, Food, Resource, and Rural Development Economics2025https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoaf005article
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Abstract Economic experiments have gained popularity in Agricultural Economics. However, challenges in recruitment and acceptance of experimental methods among farmers persist. Surveying 406 Swedish farmers, we explore farmers’ attitudes toward different types and features of economic experiments. Only a quarter of participants accept a randomized controlled trial on agri-environmental schemes where a control group is excluded from payment eligibility. When the randomization varies the size of payments, acceptance drops to only 7 per cent. Despite being standard practice in lab-in-the-field experiments, farmers strongly reject behavior-contingent payments. Engaging farmers during study design and sharing results with them can ameliorate recruitment challenges.

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@article{leon2025,
  title        = {{Farmers’ attitudes toward economic experimentation}},
  author       = {Leon Englberger et al.},
  journal      = {Q Open: A Journal of Agricultural, Climate, Environmental, Food, Resource, and Rural Development Economics},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoaf005},
}

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0.44

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.32 × 0.4 = 0.13
M · momentum0.57 × 0.15 = 0.09
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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