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

412. Risk aversion and fertiliser decisions

This Pannell Discussions is about risk aversion and its influence on strategic decisions about the optimal rate of a fertiliser to apply, particularly nitrogen fertiliser.
411. Benefit-Cost Analysis decision criteria

The question of whether to use Benefit: Cost Ratio or Net Present Value or Internal Rate of Return is “a world of confusion,” because textbooks
410. Strategic decisions, tactical decisions and risk

My interest in risk in this series of posts is in how it affects decision making. There are two broad types of decisions that we
409. Farmers’ risk preferences
408. Farmers’ risk perceptions
407. Memorising Pi
406. Risk means probability distributions
405. Risk in Australian grain farming
404. Vegetation on urban roadside verges
403. A History of AARES