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Consumption of Economic Information in Agriculture

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  • David R. Just
  • Steven A. Wolf
  • Steve Wu
  • David Zilberman

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We develop a model of decision makers' demand for agricultural economic information services. This modeltreats choice of externaldecision-support services as a function of actors' assessment of how alternative investments in information complement their internal competencies. Data from a survey in four commodity systems are used to evaluate hypotheses as to how human capital, and functional role of actors in commodity systems affect demand for variously formatted information. By focusing on three axes of heterogeneity—diversity among decision makers, information service providers, and information—we are able to identify key structuraland functional relationships in agricultural economic information systems. Copyright 2002, Oxford University Press.

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  • David R. Just & Steven A. Wolf & Steve Wu & David Zilberman, 2002. "Consumption of Economic Information in Agriculture," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 84(1), pages 39-52.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:84:y:2002:i:1:p:39-52
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