The objective of this paper is to set a complete ex-ante evaluation to support Decision Makers in designingmore efficient and effective agri-environmental contracts, through an integrated modelling of elements ofprivate and public decision making. Ex-ante comparison of policy design options in...

The CAP reform process has been a central issue for agricultural economics research in recentyears, and is gaining further attention in view of the post-2013 perspectives.The objective of this paper is to assess ex-ante the effect of different post-2013 CAP and marketscenarios on the demand of...

Literature on innovation adoption mechanism has emphasised the positive effect of Single FarmPayments (SFP) and Rural Development Payments on adoption of new technologies. In thiscontext, the expected process of CAP reforming after 2013 is likely to strengthen the role ofinnovation in the...

One of the most important targets ofthe Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is to facilitatethe spatial integration of agricultural markets within theindividual member states as well as within the Community.On a spatially integrated market, price informationshould freely flow between member states....

This work provides a comparison of methodologies for applied research in price transmission analysis. We compare two regime-dependent econometric models, namely the threshold vector error correction model and the Markov-switching vector error correction model. We first provide a conceptual...

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are an externality of the pork production process. To respond to climate change concerns and reduce GHG emissions, internalizing this exter-nal effect using a market-based economic instrument would be economically efficient. We calculate the welfare effects of GHG...

Due to the complexity of general and partialequilibrium models, conventional sensitivity analysis,qualitative reviews or literature-based meta-analyses donot allow for detailed assessments of the role ofindividual parameters and policy shocks across differentmodels. Therefore, the partial...

We propose a three-step procedure toestimate a regime-dependent vector error correctionmodel (VECM). In this model, not only the short-runadjustment process towards equilibrium is non-linear,as in threshold VECM and Markov switching VECMframeworks, but the long-run equilibrium relationshipitself...