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DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.03.010 |
Encouraging farmers' participation in the Conservation Stewardship Program: A field experiment | |
Czap, Natalia V.1; Czap, Hans J.1; Banerjee, Simanti2; Burbach, Mark E.3 | |
2019-07-01 | |
发表期刊 | ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS |
ISSN | 0921-8009 |
EISSN | 1873-6106 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 161页码:130-143 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | In this paper we present the results of a field experiment on encouraging farmers' application for agri-environmental schemes, specifically the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) that is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the state level. We sent different versions of a recruitment/enrollment letter to agricultural producers in 36 Nebraska counties with historically very low levels of CSP enrollment. We found that the letters doubled the uptake rates as compared to the control (no letter) population. Personalized letters with a handwritten phrase appealing to people's empathetic tendencies toward environmental conservation- an empathy nudge - had the largest impact. When the same nudge was photocopied, it performed statistically significantly worse than handwritten and somewhat (statistically insignificant) worse than a standard letter. The experimental results suggest that the USDA can double the application rate at a cost of only $58-116 per farm. If the money spent on sending letters were instead directed toward increasing financial incentives, it would be cost equivalent to adding 2.5-5 cents per acre per year to CSP payments. During the time of the experiment, the CSP payments in the state were on average $6.8/acre for rangeland and $24/acre for cropland per year, and extra 2.5-5 cents per acre per year is unlikely to affect the decision of a farmer to apply. As such, from an agri-environmental policy perspective, using personalized letters is highly cost effective. |
英文关键词 | Agri-environmental schemes Environmental conservation Empathy conservation Nudging Dual-interest Conservation Stewardship Program |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000470049700014 |
WOS关键词 | BEHAVIOR ; EMPATHY ; STRATEGIES |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Economics ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Business & Economics |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/184438 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Michigan, BEEP Lab, Dept Social Sci Econ, Dearborn, MI 48128 USA; 2.Univ Nebraska, Dept Agr Econ, Lincoln, NE 68583 USA; 3.Univ Nebraska, Sch Nat Resources, Conservat & Survey Div, Lincoln, NE 68583 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Czap, Natalia V.,Czap, Hans J.,Banerjee, Simanti,et al. Encouraging farmers' participation in the Conservation Stewardship Program: A field experiment[J]. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,2019,161:130-143. |
APA | Czap, Natalia V.,Czap, Hans J.,Banerjee, Simanti,&Burbach, Mark E..(2019).Encouraging farmers' participation in the Conservation Stewardship Program: A field experiment.ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,161,130-143. |
MLA | Czap, Natalia V.,et al."Encouraging farmers' participation in the Conservation Stewardship Program: A field experiment".ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 161(2019):130-143. |
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