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A survey of views of agricultural economists in Europe*
1The Food Research Institute, Stanford University Stanford, U.S.A.
2Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kiel Kiel, Fed. Rep. of Germany
Summary
This article presents the results of a statistical survey conducted at the Fourth European Congress of Agricultural Economists. First, the views of agricultural economists and the consensus and dissension among agricultural economists on issues that are important for planning agricultural policy are measured. Second, analysis of variance is applied to investigate the influence of personal characteristics of agricultural economists on their views in agricultural economics issues. It is shown that there are significant differences in views according to nationality and professional orientation.