Organic farming as rational choice: empirical investigations in environmental decision making

Best, Henning

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dc.contributor.author	Best, Henning	de
dc.date.accessioned	2015-10-13T11:25:42Z
dc.date.available	2015-10-13T11:25:42Z
dc.date.issued	2009	de
dc.identifier.issn	1043-4631	de
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/44974
dc.description.abstract	Based on a postal survey of farmers conducted in 2004 in Western Germany (n = 657), a rational choice model of the adoption of organic farming is tested. Using methods of direct utility measurement, rational choice (RC) theory is applied directly in the empirical study. By that, questionable assumptions on the variability of preferences and the type of preferences to use in RC explanations can be avoided. The results indicate that the subjectively expected utility model is well suited to explain the adoption of organic farming. Expectations on the development of operational characteristics of the farm and farmers’ daily work are at the core of the decision. Farmers especially consider aspects like pest and weed control, the development of yields or the use of chemical substances. While solely economic factors like prices and marketing are also important, these are subordinate to operational aspects. In addition, a moderate impact of environmental concern regarding the adoption of organic farming is observed. (author's abstract)	en
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Sociology & anthropology	en
dc.subject.ddc	Ökologie	de
dc.subject.ddc	Ecology	en
dc.subject.ddc	Soziologie, Anthropologie	de
dc.title	Organic farming as rational choice: empirical investigations in environmental decision making	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	Rationality and Society
dc.source.volume	21	de
dc.publisher.country	USA
dc.source.issue	2	de
dc.subject.classoz	Ökologie und Umwelt	de
dc.subject.classoz	Ecology, Environment	en
dc.subject.classoz	Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie	de
dc.subject.classoz	General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories	en
dc.subject.classoz	Agrarsoziologie	de
dc.subject.classoz	Rural Sociology	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Landwirtschaft	de
dc.subject.thesoz	agriculture	en
dc.subject.thesoz	ökologischer Landbau	de
dc.subject.thesoz	organic farming	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Umweltverhalten	de
dc.subject.thesoz	environmental behavior	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Motivation	de
dc.subject.thesoz	motivation	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Rational-Choice-Theorie	de
dc.subject.thesoz	rational choice theory	en
dc.subject.thesoz	postalische Befragung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	mail survey	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Landwirt	de
dc.subject.thesoz	farmer	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse	de
dc.subject.thesoz	cost-benefit analysis	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Entscheidungsprozess	de
dc.subject.thesoz	decision making process	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Hessen	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Hesse	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Niedersachsen	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Lower Saxony	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Nordrhein-Westfalen	de
dc.subject.thesoz	North Rhine-Westphalia	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Bundesrepublik Deutschland	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Federal Republic of Germany	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-449748
dc.rights.licence	Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung	de
dc.rights.licence	Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications	en
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1177/1043463109103899	de
dc.subject.methods	empirisch	de
dc.subject.methods	empirical	en
dc.subject.methods	empirisch-quantitativ	de
dc.subject.methods	quantitative empirical	en
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