This book, which is the first to be published in the emerging field of farm-level microsimulation, highlights the … different methodological components of microsimulation modelling: hypothetical, static, dynamic, behavioural, spatial and macro …-micro. The author applies various microsimulation-based methodological tools to farms in a consistent manner and, supported by a …

A Review of Microsimulation for Policy Analysis -- 4 The SMILE Model: Construction and Calibration -- 5 Validation … Issues and the Spatial Pattern of Household Income -- 6 Farm Level Spatial Microsimulation Modelling -- 7 Conservation and … potential of spatial microsimulation for policy and analysis in a rural context. This is done by providing a comprehensive …