Behavioral research at the limit

Kim Gordon’s new album PLAY ME rules

‚Policy mixes and major emission reductions in European agriculture‘

New paper in Food Policy, co-led by Christian Stetter and Viviane Buser 🥳

Open Access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Publication alert: "Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms"

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30 years ago today
Bikini Kill released their second studio album, Reject All American, April 5, 1996

It features the singles "Statement of Vindication," "Capri Pants," and "Jet Ski."

#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #kathleenhanna #kathiwilcox #bikinikill #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Assessing Omitted Variable Bias in Ricardian models’ Estimates of Climate Change Impacts - Environmental and Resource Economics Environmental and Resource Economics - Assessing the impact of climate change on agricultural productivity is crucial for targeted adaptation and policy planning. In this context, the Ricardian...

In the March Environmental and Resource Economics: The Ricardian model is a widely-used approach to measuring economic impacts of climate change when farmers adapt their behaviour. Charlotte Fabri, Sergei Schaub, Steven Van Passel & Tobias Dalhaus examine its robustness. #EAERE

The Illiquidity of Water Markets, by Javier D Donna & José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez

Solid title, I respect it @joshua-goodman.com
(also cc @raulpachecovega.bsky.social )

Remember the "Highlights" that some Elsevier journals require? Dean Karlan and friends developed an amazing way to troll them: haikus!

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy created a relevant ‘virtual’ special issue on ‘European Agricultural Policy, Sustainability Outcomes, and Market Impacts’.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

It is great to see that 4 AECP papers have been selected for this special issue:

Rechtzeitig zur #Landtagswahl: eine neue Version von „Immigration and Nationalism in the Long Run“
(mit schneiderst.de/)

-> Die historischen Erfahrungen mit Einwanderung wirken sich dort bis heute auf die Wahlergebnisse der #AfD aus. <-

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The youth 😍

Fugazi - Waiting Room - Cleveland School of Rock

#punkrock #hardcore #posthardcore #fugazi #waitingroom #punkrockhistory

‘The Value of Robust Null Results in Agricultural Economics’

Very good and valuable initiative by the Journal of Agricultural Economics and the guest editors Laure Kuhfuss and @jensrommel.bsky.social to launch this special issue on such an important topic 👏

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New paper on "Risk preferences and other (ignored) behavioral factors in fertilizer management decisions" with Laura Moritz, Riccardo Spada, @jensrommel.bsky.social, and Simone Cerroni

paper (english) 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

blog (italian) 👉 agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/02/12/i...

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New article: 'Risk preferences and other (ignored) behavioral factors in fertilizer management decisions: A systematic literature review'

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3rd EER Summer School Contact EER Summer School in Experimental and Behavioral Economics Address: ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management – Rua do Quelhas 6, 1200-781, Lisboa Email: eersummerschool@gmail.com

1/3 EER Summer School (Jun 1–4) in Experimental & Behavioral Economics
🗓Application: Jan 31, 2026 so hurry up!
🔗 www.eersummerschool.org
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<em>Journal of Agricultural Economics</em> | Wiley Online Library Most research questions in agricultural and applied economics are causal in nature: they study how changes in one or more variables (such as policies, prices or weather) affect one or more other vari...

ICYMI: New paper on "Estimating Causal Effects With Observational Data: Guidelines for Agricultural and Applied Economists" with @arne-henningsen.bsky.social, Guy Low, @davidwuepper.bsky.social, Hugo Storm, Dagim Belay, and Stefan Hirsch

doi.org/10.1111/1477...

New parenting milestone unlocked: Discussing Kendrick Lamar Lyrics w the 16 y.o. 😊

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In this article, we reflect on "farmer surveys" in three European countries. Exciting to be part of this meta-science exercise. We learned a lot about our surveys. Hopefully, others find this useful. Would not have been possible without the excellent lead of Thomas Slijper.

doi.org/10.1111/1477...

Book cover of Annika Norlin’s “Colony”

Just finished Annika Norlin’s “Colony.” It’s a captivating story about a journalist with burn-out who goes into the woods and encounters a strange commune of outsiders. Very fun to learn about all of their backstories and figure out what happened 🧩

Juli Zeh über Nachbarn, die AfD wählen: „Ich bin nicht der Heldinnen-Typ“ Viel wird geredet über die, die für die AfD stimmen, Schriftstellerin Juli Zeh lebt mit ihnen im Dorf. Ein Gespräch über Rechtspopulisten, Talkshows und durchtanzte Nächte.

Juli Zeh erklärt wieder, dass ihre Nachbarn keine Rechtsextremen sind. Und dass ist halt mal wieder vollkommen vorbei am Thema. Es ist nämlich total egal, ob die rechtsextrem sind oder nicht oder ob sie eigentlich die Demokratie gut finden, wenn sie mehrheitlich (51,x%) eine Partei wählen, die 1/7

📣Interested in investigating whether/how land users consider soil biodiversity🪱 in their management decisions & what consequences this have for designing incentives? While being part of an interdisciplinary research training group? Apply here⬇️

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Advancing Agri-Environmental Policy with Behavioral and Experimental Economics: Insights, Innovations, and Future Directions In recent years, behavioral and experimental economics have increasingly shaped agrienvironmental research by revealing how farmers navigate complex decisions. This article reviews key developments in three areas: behavioral insights into farmers’ social, temporal, and risk preferences and identities, norms, and motivations; experimental methods for assessing behavior and policy impacts; and methodological advances enhancing scientific rigor. We highlight contributions to more behaviorally informed agri-environmental policies, including nudges, participatory approaches, and innovative schemes. Looking forward, priorities include large-scale collaborative studies, stronger stakeholder involvement, and integrating behavioral evidence into policymaking, addressing challenges such as farmer fatigue, to design adaptive, effective, and legitimate policies. Copyright: JARE

New paper in the #JARE 📄 🥳

To celebrate 50 years of the Journal of #Agricultural and #Resource #Economics, we contributed our paper "Advancing Agri-Environmental Policy with Behavioral and Experimental Economics: Insights, Innovations, and Future Directions" to the latest special issue. 1/4

A thread of directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) that look like record covers... because that's EXACTLY what the world needs

1. Huey Lewis and the News: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

New substack post by @shonferguson.bsky.social on how to choose Master program in Ag Econ

shonferguson.substack.com/p/thinking-a...

Please replicate this in Berlin:

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Judging from people's reaction to the pony and ample personal experience with all kinds of events on Berlin public transport, I predict a null result:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9Nv...

@sentimentbot.bsky.social

Extreme weather events can be costly for German farmers, in terms of yield losses and farm efficiency 💸
Here is our most recent publication: doi.org/10.1093/erae... by @moritzhartig.bsky.social, Silke Hüttel & @stefanseifert.bsky.social

@agrarunigoe.bsky.social @crc1502-detect.bsky.social

2025 Gorilla update 👋🦍: One student found the gorilla this time around (see details in thread below). BUT, I have an AI-related update that is too good not to share ... #EconSky 📉📈

A "methods primer" article in the journal "BMJ Medicine", titled "Factors associated with: problems of using exploratory multivariable regression to identify causal risk factors"

We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?

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Super-cool new paper, using an RCT to estimate the impact of information framing on eco scheme uptake: doi.org/10.1186/s401...