This thesis contributes to the understanding of the economic decision making of farmers. In five chapters, different experimental investigations of preferences and cognitive biases are presented. Various experimental measures of risk and time preference are applied to analyze farmers’...

Investitionsentscheidungen sind i.d.R. durch Unsicherheit, Irreversibilität und zeitliche Flexibilität gekennzeichnet. Bei einfachen Kapitalwertberechnungen wird dies nicht berücksichtigt. Aber auch die flexible Investitionsplanung mit Hilfe von Entscheidungsbäumen, die den am weitesten...

In this study, we experimentally analyze the investment behavior of smallholder farmers in Uganda. We consider a problem of optimal stopping, stylizing an option to invest in a project. We ascertain whether, and to what extent, the real options approach and the classical investment theory can...

Kazakhstan and Germany have different development levels of the agricultural sectors. One of the explanations for this fact might be the different investment behavior of farmers in the two countries. We experimentally analyze whether the investment behavior of farmers is consistent with the...