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Farmers' Decisions Regarding Carbon Sequestration: A Metaeconomic View

This article proposes a novel theoretical vision on the motivations behind the usage of conservation tillage technology. The metaeconomic model focuses on the two basic driving factors of individual behavior: the drive for closeness/unity with the environment that is shared with others, and a desire to control the environment while pursuing self-interest. This model integrates a more conventional approach to studying conservation with advances in sociology and psychology and suggests the presence of dual, often conflicting yet joint motives. Both the shared other-interest and the preference for control over outcomes temper the self-interest, as posited in metaeconomic theory. Metaeconomics gives both new theoretical ground and an empirical justification for designing policies that integrate and balance ethical suasion with financial incentives. It also gives a scientific basis for encouraging policy processes and programs directed at helping evolve a new shared other-interest in conservation outcomes within communities.