The adoption and diffusion of strategic investments: The case of land leveling in central Arizona

Previous adoption and diffusion literature had only studied innovations oriented towards operating inputs. This thesis examines the adoption and diffusion of a strategic investment - land leveling. Logit analysis is used to identify the characteristics of adopters of dead level fields. The diffusion of dead level fields is fitted to a logistic function. The data revealed three intra-period diffusion curves that seem to be responses to non-relative price stimuli. The diffusion of the strategic investment - dead level fields - seems to be increased only by government action.

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