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Food Safety Policies in Case of Economies of Scale in Meat Production: On WTA Compensations for Reduced Stocking, WTP for Antibiotic Reduction and Political Economy Bargaining
Nuppenau, Ernst-August - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014
This paper offers a novel institutional economics approach for conflict solving in meat industries. We show how to apply a bargaining model in case of: (i) economies of scale and strong competition favouring large scale production as well as high stocking supported by increased antibiotic use,...
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Semi-subsistence farm households and the non-farm rural economy - Perspectives and challenges
Buchenrieder, Gertrud; Fritzsch, Jana; Wegener, Stefan; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
perspectives of SFHs asks for reliable information on the phenomenon of SFHs and the impact of policy measures on their development … policy scenarios reflect different development options for SFHs: (1) farm development, (2) start selfemployment, (3) farm … development and start self-employment, and (4) stop agriculture. Policy can foster the structural change but the modeling results …
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Should we internalize intertemporal production externalities in the case of pest resistance?
Martin, Elsa - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014
Pesticides efficiency decreases with their global application by farmers. Within a strategic dynamic framework, this results in a classic intertemporal production externality. We analyze the fiscal scheme that can be implemented in order to internalize this externality. We show that it is able...
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The Political Economy of Nutrition and Health Standards in Food Markets
Swinnen, Johan F.M.; Vandemoortele, Thijs - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008
-standardization” will result. The paper analyses the impact of trade and development on the political equilibrium as well as the role of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005039513
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Quality of national governance and rural development: The case of the European Union countries
SIUDEK, Tomasz; ZAWOJSKA, Aldona - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014
Employing correlation analysis, we investigate whether rural development in the EU countries is associated with their …
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The Cost Function Structure of Dutch Dairy Farms: Effects of Quota abolition and Price Volatility
Samson, G.S.; Gardebroek, Koos; Jongeneel, Roelof A. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2012
This paper investigates potential impacts on milk production of Dutch dairy farms if feed prices increase, milk prices decrease and milk quotas are abolished. A quadratic cost function is estimated using panel data on individual dairy farms of the Dutch FADN. Marginal costs and revenues are...
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The Legal Protection of GIs in TTIP: Is There an Alternative to the CETA Outcome
O'Connor, Bernard - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2015
The protection of European Geographical Indications has been a point of conflict between the European Union and the United States for many years. The essential difference is in how GIs should be protected, if they should be protected at all. The US considers that they can be protected as a...
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Geographical Indications and Territories with Specific Geographical Features in the EU: the Cases of Mountain and Island Areas
Santini, Fabien; Guri, Fatmir; Aubard, Audrey; Gomez y … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2015
One of the goals of geographical indications in the EU is to contribute to rural development of remote and less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011275523
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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION IN THE CAP DECISION MAKING: A CASE STUDY ON THE SUGAR REFORM
Iagatti, Matteo; Sorrentino, Alessandro - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008
This paper represents the first step of a wider research project on the relation between the EU institutional settings and the policy outcome. We specifically tackle the CAP definition process and the role of the Commission inside consultation procedure, proposing a case study on the sugar CMO...
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Is Protection for Sale in U.S. Food Industries?
Lopez, Rigoberto A.; Hathie, Ibrahima - Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy, Department … - 2002
This article tests the Grossman-Helpman Protection for Sale model using panel data from U.S. food processing industries with endogenous protection, imports, and political organization of industries. The results support the key predictions of the model: organized industries are granted higher...
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