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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Stochastic Technology, Risk Preferences, and the Use of Pollution Inputs

Abstract

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"It is argued that these findings might help clarify the ""underuse puzzle"" observed in previous studies of aggregate pesticide use in US agriculture. These studies may have interpreted the effect of positive marginal risk premium for aggregate pesticide use as puzzling pesticide underuse."

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Agricultural Economics
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Shankar, Bhavani
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Braden, John B.
  • Nelson, Charles H.

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI9921728
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/83032

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Shankar, Bhavani. Stochastic Technology, Risk Preferences, and the Use of Pollution Inputs. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/83032