Rethinking the Significance of Scientific Information: A Field Experiment with Agricultural Producers
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Research And Development/ Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Institutional And Behavioral Economics; Farm Management;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2024-08-12 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2024-08-12 (Experimental Economics)
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