A systematic review of attributes used in choice experiments for agri-environmental contracts

Nidhi Raina, Matteo Zavalloni, Stefano Targetti, Riccardo D'Alberto, Meri Raggi and Davide Viaggi

Bio-based and Applied Economics Journal, 2021, vol. 10, issue 2

Abstract: Contract attributes are strong motivators for eliciting farmers’ preferences for a particular agri-environmental scheme. Our study aims to conduct a systematic literature review to highlight the attributes used in choice experiment studies of agri-environmental schemes using the PRISMA framework. We obtained 34 studies for an in-depth review, through which we extracted 32 attributes that were classified into five typologies: ‘monetary’ (7 attributes), ‘general’ (4 attributes), ‘flexibility’ (6 attributes), ‘prescription’ (12 attributes), and ‘purpose’ (3 attributes). Though monetary attributes should theoretically define farmers’ choices; general design and flexibility attributes are more critical for farmers’ participation and willingness to accept. The study also discusses the lesser-used attributes that could be potentially explored in future studies. Thus, our review can be used as a reference by future AES studies to select their bundle of choice attributes and test with a broader range of attributes in their choice experiments.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.317029

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