Malacarne presents research at the American Economic Association Annual Meeting

Dr. Jonathan Malacarne, Assistant Professor in the School of Economics (SOE), recently presented at American Economic Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. His talk, Locus of Control as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Experience and Learning. explored agricultural technology adoption and beliefs about the perceived returns to adoption using the lens of locus of control. Dr. Malacarne’s work in this area emphasizes the significance of living in risky environments to agricultural investment specifically and technology adoption decisions more generally.

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