The paper focuses on misconceptions about the compensation principle of neo-Paretian welfare economics, and argues that the efficiency interpretation often attached to it is a dubious one. Applied welfare analists should realize the real significance of 'potential Pareto improvement' and take it...

A transition to sustainable cocoa production requires an arrangement for ensuring international cocoa prices that allow farmers to invest in sustainable production methods. Historical experience suggests that such an arrangement should not depend on importing countries and should involve farmer...

With this Handbook, Miroslav Jovanović has provided readers with both an excellent stand-alone original reference book as well as an integral part of a comprehensive three-volume set. This introduction into a rich and expanding academic and practical world of international economic...

In this paper, we look at country of mandatory country of origin labelling (MCOOL) that is implemented for meat in the European Union (EU) as outlined in Regulation No 1169/2011 and might be extended to other products. A framework is developed to assess costs and benefits and market impacts...

The latest reform of the CAP, CAP towards 2020, opens up the possibility to arrange agri-environmental service provision via contracting groups of farmers, rather than contracting individual farmers. The Dutch government decided to fully switch to a farmer group service provision system in 2016....

The latest reform of the CAP, CAP towards 2020, opens up the possibility to arrange agri-environmental service provision via contracting groups of farmers, rather than contracting individual farmers. The Dutch government decided to fully switch to a farmer group service provision system in 2016....

This paper provides an estimate of costs and benefits of the negative and, to a lesser extent, positive externalities associated with the Dutch agricultural sector. A cost-based approach, rather than a demand-based of full CBA approach has been followed. Implications of methodological...

Gaining insight on the effect of policies upon the agricultural domain is essential for policy makers, famers and the agribusiness sector. A variety of models have therefore been developed that enable a prediction of agricultural development under different policies. Most models do however not...

The paper focuses on misconceptions about the compensation principle of neo-Paretian welfare economics, and argues that the efficiency interpretation often attached to it is a dubious one. Applied welfare analists should realize the real significance of 'potential Pareto improvement' and take it...

This paper analyzes total factor productivity (TFP) growth in agriculture for the ten Central and East European countries (CEECs) that began formal negotiations for EU accession in September 1998. A panel data set is constructed consisting of pooled time series data for the ten CEECs from 1993...