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Behavioral Economics of Agri-Environmental Policies

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dc.contributor.advisorProf. Dr. Stefanie Engelger
dc.creatorThomas, Fabian-
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-23T12:56:58Z-
dc.date.available2019-10-23T12:56:58Z-
dc.date.issued2019-10-23T12:56:58Z-
dc.identifier.urihttps://osnadocs.ub.uni-osnabrueck.de/handle/urn:nbn:de:gbv:700-201910232106-
dc.description.abstractModern agriculture is causing a wide range of environmental problems. By regulating the agricultural sector, human societies try to find a balance between enabling the production of food and public goods and preventing negative consequences for the environment. In the European Union this is mainly achieved through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Since many of the environmental indicators are still showing negative trends, an ongoing evaluation and adaptation of the policy instruments included in the CAP is asked for. At the same time, the field of policy evaluation is more and more incorporating a behavioral economic perspective on human behavior, one that deviates from the homo oeconomicus model that has long dominated research in this area. This thesis presents a study on “Behavioral Economics of Agri-Environmental Policies” by combining themes from agricultural and environmental economics with methods and perspectives from behavioral and experimental economics. It thereby contributes to the emerging field of behavioral agricultural economics. Specifically, it aims to shed light on the behavioral drivers of pro-environmental decisions of farmers and how these insights can be used to evaluate and adapt the CAP. With a lab-in-the-field experiment with farmers from Lower Saxony in Germany, an influence of the framing of the farmers’ societal role, their self-identity, as well as control aversion and feelings of warm glow on farmers’ behavior was uncovered. From a policy perspective, the results of this thesis provide a case for the continued use of both mandatory and voluntary policy instruments. Furthermore, with a Principal Components and Cluster Analysis, a multi-facetted picture of different farmer self-identities prevalent in the sample population was revealed. Based on a literature review, the thesis also provides an analysis of how behaviorally-informed interventions might increase the environmental performance of the CAP in the future.eng
dc.subjectBehavioral Economicseng
dc.subjectExperimental Economicseng
dc.subjectEnvironmental Economicseng
dc.subjectAgricultural Economicseng
dc.subjectAgricultural Policyeng
dc.subjectCommon Agricultural Policyeng
dc.subjectPolicy Evaluationeng
dc.subjectFarmer Behavioreng
dc.subjectSustainable Agricultureeng
dc.subjectLab-in-the-field Experimenteng
dc.subjectCluster Analysiseng
dc.subjectFarmer Identityeng
dc.subjectBehaviorally-informed Interventionseng
dc.subjectNudgingeng
dc.subject.ddc150 - Psychologieger
dc.subject.ddc333.7 - Natürliche Ressourcen, Energie und Umweltger
dc.subject.ddc630 - Landwirtschaft, Veterinärmedizinger
dc.titleBehavioral Economics of Agri-Environmental Policieseng
dc.typeDissertation oder Habilitation [doctoralThesis]-
thesis.locationOsnabrück-
thesis.institutionUniversität-
thesis.typeDissertation [thesis.doctoral]-
thesis.date2019-08-08-
orcid.creator0000-0002-3108-5217ger
dc.contributor.refereeProf. Sophie Thoyerger
dc.subject.bk43.30 - Umweltpolitikger
dc.subject.bk43.61 - Umweltbelastung durch Land- und Forstwirtschaftger
dc.subject.bk83.05 - Wirtschaftssoziologie, Wirtschaftspsychologieger
dc.subject.bk83.63 - Volkswirtschaftliche Ressourcen, Umweltökonomieger
dc.subject.bk89.73 - Europapolitik, Europäische Unionger
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