Pannell Discussions

Ideas in economics, environment, agriculture, policy and more.

Month: February 2020

24 February, 202016 May, 2020 by David Pannell3 Min Reading

I’m the guest editor for a new Special Issue of the journal Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. The theme of the issue is “Adoption of

427. Reviews of research on agricultural adoption

What drives or inhibits farmers in their decisions about adopting new farming practices? Many literature reviews have been published to summarise the wealth of research
426. Music “Option Value”

One of my joys is creating and recording music. Over the next year or so I’m going to share some of it – in the
425. World population beyond 2100

What will happen to the world population after it peaks later this century? If current trends in fertility continue, we’ll head into a period of
424. Risk aversion versus loss aversion, part 2
423. Risk aversion versus loss aversion, part 1
422. Risky farm decision making as a social process
421. Risk versus uncertainty
420. Systematic decision making under risk
419. Risk premium
418. Hedging to reduce crop price risk