The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union has been in a process of reform since the early 1990s. As a result of reforms, agricultural market regulations have become more liberal and direct payments have been introduced which are to a large extent decoupled from production. In...

Gegenstand der Untersuchung ist die gesamtwirtschaftliche Profitabilität der Pflanzenzüchtungsforschung in Deutschland. Ausgangspunkt der Analyse ist die Entwicklung der totalen Faktorproduktivität in Deutschland. Diese wurde mit Hilfe eines Indexzahlenansatzes dekomponiert in die Einflüsse...

This article focuses on the social rate of return to plant breeding investment in Germany between 1980-2000. Starting point of the analysis is the development of total factor productivity which is decomposed into the effects of factor input and research investment. Information on investment in...