In this study, we test the hypothesis that farmers’ experienced administrative burden affects their policy perceptions. Based on survey data from 808 randomly chosen Swiss farmers, a latent class approach is used to depict the heterogeneity of farmers' policy perceptions. We find that 20 percent of farmers are grumpy with the current direct payment policy, 23 percent are supporters, and 57 percent are indifferent, meaning that the latter group of farmers neither agree nor disagree with the direct payment policy. Regression results indicate that the higher the perceived administrative burden, the higher the probability of belonging to the grumpy class of farmers. Additionally, our results show that grumpy farmers have less social exchange than their peers and exhibit lower environmental awareness. Our findings show that the bureaucracy involved in agricultural policy matters not only because it increases private and public administrative costs but also because it negatively shapes farmers' view of agricultural policy.

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行政负担对农民对交叉合规直接支付政策认知的影响

在这项研究中，我们检验了农民经历的行政负担影响他们的政策认知的假设。根据随机选择的 808 名瑞士农民的调查数据，使用潜在类别方法来描述农民政策认知的异质性。我们发现，20%的农户对现行的直付政策不满，23%的农户表示支持，57%的农户无动于衷，这意味着后一组农户既不同意也不反对直付政策。回归结果表明，感知到的行政负担越高，属于脾气暴躁的农民阶层的概率就越高。此外，我们的研究结果表明，脾气暴躁的农民与同龄人相比，社会交流较少，并且表现出较低的环境意识。