RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Agency Perceptions of Alternative Salinity Policies: The Role of Fairness
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 331
OP 352
DO 10.3368/le.83.3.331
VO 83
IS 3
A1 McCann, Laura M. J.
A1 Hafdahl, Adam R.
YR 2007
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/83/3/331.abstract
AB This study examined the relationship between agency staff preferences for salinity policies and perceptions of farmer cost, farmer resistance, effectiveness in salinity reduction, fairness, and administrative costs. A mail survey was conducted in Western Australia and structural equation modeling was used to examine the relationships between perceived policy attributes. As expected, fairness had a direct and significant effect on policy preference and also affected administrative costs, which in turn had a direct effect on policy preference. In the final model there was no direct effect between farmer costs and policy preferences. (JEL Q58, Q52)