Contextual Compliance

Situational and Subjective Cost‐Benefit Decisions about Pesticides by Chinese Farmers

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6089869
AutoresHuiqi Yan (0000-0001-7304-263X), Benjamin Van Rooij (0000-0003-4300-0716, University of California, Irvine), Jeroen Van Der Heijden (0000-0001-6188-0556, Victoria University of Wellington)
Año2015
Volumen37
Número3
Páginas240-263
Fecha de publicación2015-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLaw & Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/lapo.12035
OpenAlexW2139827546
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas51

This article analyzes how cost‐benefit calculation influences compliance with pesticide regulation by Chinese farmers. Building on a study including 150 farmers and experts, it studies how operational costs and benefits and deterrence affect compliance. Moreover, it studies what variation in cost‐benefit perceptions there are with different types of rules, farms, and villages. It finds that, in this context, cost‐benefit calculation matters for compliance; with operational costs and benefits being more clearly related to compliant behavior than deterrence. It highlights that perceptions about costs and benefits are situational and vary along the type of legal rule and the type of regulated actor. It also shows that such perceptions are individually subjective, as even with similar rules and similar types of actors, perceptions vary. The paper concludes by stating expectations on how the situational and subjective nature of cost‐benefit calculation can inform regulators seeking to enhance compliance

Affect (linguistics · Business · Compliance (psychology · Context (archaeology · Cost–benefit analysis · Deterrence (psychology · Deterrence theory · Economics · Environmental economics · Perception · Political science · Public economics · Risk analysis (engineering · Situational ethics · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Insect and Pesticide Research · Psychology · Regulation and Compliance Studies · Social Psychology · Marketing