Citation

Meraner M, Finger R. Data Brief 2017; 15: 102-105.

Affiliation

Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.dib.2017.09.014

PMID

28975142

PMCID

PMC5614755

Abstract

The extent to which people are willing to take on risk, i.e. their risk preferences as well as subjective risk perception plays a major role in explaining their behavior. This is of particular relevance in agricultural production, which is inherently risky. The data presented here was collected amongst a total of 64 German farmers in 2015. It includes results of three different risk preference elicitation methods (multiple price list, business statements in four relevant domains and general self-assessment) as well as risk perception. Additionally, farm business characteristics (e.g. size, farm-level workforce, succession) and personal farmer characteristics (e.g. age, gender, risk literacy) are included.

Language: en