Greening the common agricultural policy: a behavioural perspective and lab-in-the-field experiment in Germany
通过德国农民实地实验，研究了政策框架、控制程度和激励框架对农民采纳可持续农业实践的影响，发现所有政策设计均显著增加保护面积，但只有框架显著影响政策效果。
Abstract This study investigates the behavioural economic underpinnings of current policy approaches to integrate environmental objectives into the Common Agricultural Policy. We conduct an economic lab-in-the-field experiment with farmers in Germany. We analyse the impact of the following policy design features on farmers’ decisions to adopt sustainable agricultural practices: (i) framing of the policy: whether farmers perceive themselves as being part of the problem or the solution, (ii) degree of control: mandatory vs. voluntary policy and (iii) framing of incentives as either losses or gains. All policy designs tested result in a significant increase in hectares conserved compared to a baseline scenario without policy. Also, behavioural factors do significantly affect farmers’ behaviour at the individual level. Only framing is found to significantly affect policy effectiveness.