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Assessing the impact of different rural development policy design options on the adoption of innovation across five case studies in EU

Bartolini, Fabio; Floridi, Matteo; Latruffe, Laure; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010

Innovation and new technology adoption represent two central elements for the enterprise and industry development … policy design options concerning the RDP measures intended to provide incentives for investment/innovation adoption in five … irreversibility and stochasticity in SFP. The results show the relevance of uncertainty in determining the timing of adoption and …

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Structure and Strategy, How Do They Match in the Netherlands?

Veen, Hennie B. van der; van Bommel, Karel - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

between the organizational form and strategy of Dutch farmers and shows that strategy and structure are related. Legal persons …

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"Co-Operative Identity" - A Theoretical Concept for Dynamic Analysis of Practical Co-Operation: The Dutch Case

Szabo, Gabor G. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

The "concept of the co-operative identity" (consisting from the definition, aims and functions of cooperatives and the so-termed co-operative principles) serves as a general theoretical background for the economic analysis of agricultural co-operation. The development of Dutch dairy...

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Analysing Competitiveness of the Hungarian Agro-Food Chains

Feher, Istvan; Papp, Zsolt - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2002

Based on the Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) approach this paper provides an assessment of the competitive position of the Hungarian agro-food industry in view of EU integration. The situation in the food processing sector is assessed with the use of actual cost data from representative Hungarian...

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Strategic Decision Criteria in an Emergent Company Confronted to Important Institutional Changes

Achabou, Mohamed Akli - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

During these last years, Algeria, like some other developing countries is undergoing important institutional changes. The structural adjustment plan (1990s), and the association agreement signed with the European Union (2005) are some of political tools that guide these profound changes that...

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Modelling Spot Water Markets Under Uncertain Water Supply

Calatrava-Leyva, Javier; Garrido, Alberto - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2002

as mitigate the adverse economic effects of droughts. This paper looks at the risks and uncertainty dimensions of water …, the role that uncertainty plays in market participants' decisions and its impact on gains from trade. Two models have been … endogeneity is solved by an iterative process, which characterise price uncertainty from the results obtained from the spatial …

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Uncertainty in Individuals' Preferences for Non-commodity Outputs Provided by Rural Development Programs (RDPs): A Contingent Valuation Approach

Dominguez-Torreiro, Marcos; Solino, Mario - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011

individuals’ perceptions of and willingness to pay (WTP) for the implementation of a RDP in Cantabria, Spain. Uncertainty in … is made between the open-ended (OE) and the multiple bounded uncertainty (MBU) elicitation formats. According to our …

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Agent Behavior under Risky and Uncertain Conditions. An Empirical Verification of Irving Fisher’s Notion of Time Preference

Balgah, Roland Azibo; Buchenrieder, Gertrud - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011

Fisher's theory is only partially relevant in explaining agent behavior under conditions of risk and uncertainty. Partiality … under conditions of risk and uncertainty. …

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Towards a Theory of Policy Making

Mittenzwei, Klaus; Bullock, David S.; Salhofer, Klaus; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011

The paper presents a theory of policy timing that relies on uncertainty and transaction costs to explain the optimal … timing and length of policy reforms. Delaying reforms resolves some uncertainty by gaining valuable information and saves …

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Incorporating Uncertainty and Cero Values into the Valuation of Protected Areas and Species

Hurle, Jesus Barreiro; Garcia, Jose Maria Casada; Perez … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

Under the Spanish conservation law, compensation is envisaged for the damage associated with all actions that reduce the quantity or quality of protected areas and species. This paper provides a tool to evaluate the monetary equivalent of this damage. We conduct a contingent valuation exercise...

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