Contracting is a contentious issue in agriculture. Competing theories assert that risk or transactions cost drive … contracting decisions, with some argument that autonomy also plays a role. We examine preferences for different contract … transactions cost play a role in contracting decisions. Autonomy also plays a role, especially to the extent that producers wish to …

Hog farmers’ preferences for autonomy are assessed through the use of eight questions dealing with their preferences … who placed lower values on autonomy finished hogs, were nearing retirement, valued social relationships with other farmers …

improving the measurement and our understanding of household inflation expectations through surveys. We discuss the importance … financially incentivized experiment suggesting that expectations surveys are informative and that respondents generally act on …

In examining the study of government performance, this paper asks whether field experiments can improve the explanatory … precision of results generated by public opinion surveys. Survey research on basic health and education services sub …

. This result is robust to the inclusion of individual risk measures and a broad array of controls. The findings also support …

, environmental economics is at risk of producing aeroplanes without engines. Next, we welcome and discuss some recent trends …

Do attitudinal surveys and incentivized experiments predict actual behavior? We answer this question using data on … trust and pro-sociality from experiments and surveys conducted on six Latin American cities. Individuals in agreement with a …, sports and culture. Both, experiments and surveys carry useful information to understand motivations and intentions in pro …