Journal article
Downsizing an Agricultural Field Experiment Alters Economic Results: A Case Study
Applied economic perspectives and policy, Vol.26(2), pp.255-265
06/2004
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/106899
Abstract
Downsizing the replications of an agricultural experiment altered profit and utility rankings of different cropping systems less than cutting the duration of the experiment. However, failing to plant all crops in a rotation each year altered economic rankings the most. Estimates of system profit variability, and associated economic rankings, were especially sensitive to downsizing experiment length and to failing to plant all crops in a rotation annually. Despite the scientific importance of long full‐rotation experiments, short run publication pressures favoring “new data” and methodological innovations might discourage such rich experiments.
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- Title
- Downsizing an Agricultural Field Experiment Alters Economic Results: A Case Study
- Creators
- Douglas L Young - Washington State UniversityTae‐Jin Kwon - Korean Rural Economic InstituteFrank L Young - USDA's Agricultural Research Service
- Publication Details
- Applied economic perspectives and policy, Vol.26(2), pp.255-265
- Academic Unit
- Economic Sciences, School of
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 11
- Identifiers
- 99900546628201842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article