Adoption of a Politicized Technology: bST and Wisconsin Dairy Farmers
分析威斯康星州奶农对牛生长激素（bST）的采用情况，发现这项商业化前就引发争议的技术采用率低且未来增长前景有限，有助于经济学家改进对政治化技术采用结果的预测。
Abstract Technologies that are the focus of extensive public debate prior to commercialization may have diffusion paths which are distinct from the classic sigmoid shape often used by economists. Descriptive and econometric analysis of ex ante and ex post data on bovine somatotropin use by Wisconsin dairy farmers reveal that this controversial technology has a relatively low adoption rate and little prospect for adoption growth in the near future. Further research on potential adoption outcomes for technologies that are politicized prior to commercialization could improve economists' predictive capacities.