摘要
This paper examines the impacts of information about COVID-19 on pig farmers'production willingness by using endorsement experiments and follow-up surveys conducted in 2020 and 2021 in China.Our results show that,first,farmers were less willing to scale up production when they received information about COVID-19.The information in 2020 that the second wave of COVID-19 might occur without a vaccine reduced farmers'willingness to scale up by 13.4%,while the information in 2021 that COVID-19 might continue to spread despite the introduction of vaccine reduced farmers'willingness by 4.4%.Second,farmers whose production was affected by COVID-19 were considerably less willing to scale up,given the access to COVID-19 information.Third,farmers'production willingness can predict their actual production behavior.
基金
supported by the National Social Science Fund of China(23&ZD045)
the Humanities and Social Sciences Youth Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China(21YJC790087)
the Center for Social Welfare and Public Governance of Zhejiang University,China
the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China。
