Most people accept that it is appropriate for governments to impose restrictions on us to reduce illness and loss of life due to COVID-19. But
read moreThe flood of writings on COVID-19 across all academic disciplines is quite overwhelming. I’m partly to blame; apart from the Policy Forum article we published
read moreBehavioural economics has become a thriving field of research over the past decade or so, but research by agricultural economists on farmers’ behaviour when adopting
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Agriculture, Behaviour, Communication, Economics, Latest, Natural resource management, People, Policy, Social issues
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
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Agriculture, Behaviour, Economics, Environment, Latest, Marine, Natural resource management, People, Policy, Social issues, Water
Farmers are highly heterogeneous. Even farmers growing the same crops in the same region are highly variable. This is often not well recognised by policy
read moreAustralians currently have a chance to vote for marriage equality by postal ballot. I know this is a bit off the usual topics for this
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