@article{Toma:43643,
      recid = {43643},
      author = {Toma, Luiza and Barnes, Andrew Peter and Willock, J. and  Hall, Clare},
      title = {A Structural Equation Model of Farmers Operating within  Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) in Scotland},
      address = {2008},
      number = {725-2016-49579},
      pages = {8},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) offers
a theoretical  basis for developing an understanding of the relationships  between attitudes and behaviour. This paper imposes the SEM  framework to a compulsory regulation which focuses on  reducing diffuse water pollution, namely Nitrate Vulnerable  Zones (NVZ). We use a data set collected through a farm  survey within NVZs in Scotland in 2007. The model includes  six latent variables expressing farmers’ nitrate reducing  behaviour, nitrate reducing and profit maximizing  behavioural propensities and the underlying determining  factors, namely attitude (risk perception) and  socio-economic latent variables (access to information and  stocking density). The results indicate
that the model has  an adequate fit to the data and access to information is  the strongest determinant of farmers’ nitrate reducing  behaviour.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/43643},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.43643},
}