Individual Decisions or Institutional Dynamics? Reasons for the Intensive Use of Fertilizer in Eastern China

Lars Berger, Silke Hüttel and Konrad Hagedorn

No 156224, 53rd Annual Conference, Berlin, Germany, September 25-27, 2013 from German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA)

Abstract: The eutrophication of Lake Tai in the mid-east of China caused by an excessive import of nutrients from agricultural non-point-source pollution impedes social and economic development. In our research we aim to improve the understanding of the farmers’ decision-making process applying chemical fertilizers. Based on data gained in household interviews in 2011 and 2012 we follow the question: Which factors influence the individual decision on the use of fertilizers? Our approach is twofold: first, we estimate a production function to assess nitrogen overuse. Second, based on qualitative data we analyse the influence of the institutional context on individual decision-making.

Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 2
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.156224

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