The European Union's Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development has introduced promising changes in rewarding farmers by the implementation of conservation auctions and granting farmers’ transaction costs. The...

The European Union's Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development has introduced promising changes in rewarding farmers by the implementation of conservation auctions and granting farmers' transaction costs. The...

The article evaluates the farmers' transaction costs defined as the weighted time spent on preparing their offer for two calls for tender for environmental services in agriculture which were carried out as a pilot project. Following a discussion of the specific need for research, the paper gives...

Ronald H. Coase zählt zu den bekanntesten und bedeutendsten Ökonomen. In seinen Werken hat er den Grundstein für die Neue Institutionenökonomie gelegt und die Theorie der Verfügungsrechte entwickelt. Die Arbeiten von Coase finden über die Wirtschaftswissenschaften hinaus weitreichende...