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farmers are the most persuasive. Incorporating communication dynamics can enrich the literature on social learning. … agents to communicate with farmers, although social networks are known to be the most credible source of information about … new technologies. We conduct a large-scale field experiment on communication strategies in which extension workers are …
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Communication perspectives are presented on the challenges posed to traditional newspapers by social media and citizen …
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We provide novel empirical evidence on the association between social networks and the adoption of renewable energy technology. We distinguish between two main transmission mechanisms through which social networks can affect renewable energy technology adoption: information diffusion and social...
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This paper investigates the effects of social network structure on the diffusion of agricultural technologies using household-level panel data from Ethiopia. We correct for possible biases due to the endogeneity of social networks using a social experiment in which we provide mobile phones to...
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-scale experiment to test these predictions among farmers in Western Kenya, and we fail to find support for either. However, in the same … this new technology. The core idea of the model is that not all information is reliable, and farmers are reluctant to …, transparent technologies to facilitate communication …
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In France, some farmers have taken up the call to subscribe to environmental protection in their professional activity … ecologically sound. Small farmers seek solutions to overcome the social and environmental damage caused by industrial …-scale agricultural. Sustainable farming rediscovers practices which correspond with the principles of agronomy, whilst organic farmers …
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This paper studies the causal impact of social ties and network structure on helping behavior in organizations. We introduce and experimentally study a game called the 'helping game,' where individuals unilaterally decide whether to incur a cost to help other team members when helping is a...
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The novelty of our model is to combine models of collective action on networks with models of social learning. Agents are connected according to an undirected graph, the social network, and have the choice between two actions: either to adopt a new behavior or technology or stay with the default...
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Studies in the social capital literature have documented two stylised facts: first, a decline in measures of social participation has occurred in many OECD countries. Second, and more recently, the success of social networking sites (SNSs) has resulted in a steep rise in online social...
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