This paper summarizes information on the importance of the objectives of agriculture and agricultural policies based on previous studies. We focus on studies that examine stakeholder preferences and provide relative weights for the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainability....

Factor Markets Coordination: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, Belgium

Factor Markets Coordination: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, Belgium

Capital gains taxes are likely to distort the market and resource allocations through so called “lock-in” effect, meaning discouraging trade transactions that trigger the tax payments. When it comes to agricultural land, the lock-in effect implies that the land ownership and active farming...

Factor Markets Coordination: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, Belgium

Factor Markets Coordination: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, Belgium

Capital gains taxes are likely to distort the market and resource allocations through so called “lock-in” effect, meaning discouraging trade transactions that trigger the tax payments. When it comes to agricultural land, the lock-in effect implies that the land ownership and active farming...