Journal article
What Legislation Will Producers Support? How Knowledge, Relevance, and Complexity Influence Attitudes of Wheat Growers Towards Farm Bill Legislation
Journal of agricultural & food information, Vol.8(2), pp.71-95
04/01/2007
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/116678
Abstract
In this study, we analyze the producer preferences which underlie political support. To include both complicated producer motives and limited information regarding specific program provisions, we model the preferences of Washington wheat growers for Farm Bill programs with a utility-latent factor approach. Empirically, we find that producers' knowledge levels and perceived program relevance affect producers' preferences. Programs can be divided into familiar, irrelevant, or unfamiliar but potentially relevant types. Using factor analysis we find that a single common factor may represent a common attitude/belief about many sets of programs, especially where interests are common and/or information scarce.
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- Title
- What Legislation Will Producers Support? How Knowledge, Relevance, and Complexity Influence Attitudes of Wheat Growers Towards Farm Bill Legislation
- Creators
- Jake Burkey - Washington State UniversityHayley H Chouinard - School of Economic Sciences, Washington State UniversityPhilip R Wandschneider - School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University
- Publication Details
- Journal of agricultural & food information, Vol.8(2), pp.71-95
- Academic Unit
- Economic Sciences, School of
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Identifiers
- 99900548161801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article