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(GERMAN ABSTRACT SEE BELOW) Overview Data from standardized online survey of more than 700 German farmers (and non-farmers) on their preferences for government regulation to protect local farmers from competition through non-local or non-farm competitors when purchasing land in agricultural land markets. Find more detailed description on the survey and and dataset in metadata document Jauernig_LandmarketRegulation_DSDescriptionEN.pdf and the survey instrument Jauernig_LandmarketRegulation_SurveyInstrument.pdf. with English translation in Jauernig_LandmarketRegulation_SurveyInstrumentEN.pdf Data generation Recruitment for participation in online survey with standardized questionnaire by e-mail to farmers via several address lists (agricultural research institutions, associations, churches), mainly in North-Rhine Westphalia and Brandenburg. After evaluation of a pretest and feedback from farmers and other experts, the final questionnaire was created. Survey period: February to May 2019 Survey instrument structure and content The survey instrument is composed of four parts: 1) Attitude survey based on scenarios (vignette study): Scenario descriptions depict competitive situations between local farmers and out-of-town or non-agricultural competitors for the purchase of agricultural land: Participants are asked about their preferences for variants of government regulation with varying degrees of protection of local farmers over competitors. They had to choose from a scale of 13 response options ranging from unregulated transaction to various surcharge requirements to strict prohibition of sales to the respective competitors. Questionnaire variants with differences in the description of the competitor and the role of the respondent (observer or seller of the land) were randomly assigned. (2 items) 2) General (i.e., not scenario-specific) closed-ended items about attitudes toward current as well as desired regulation...