pt. 1. Future scenarios for the CAP -- pt. 2. Political economy of CAP reform -- pt. 3. The CAP reform and its impact on EU agriculture -- pt. 4. The impact of CAP reform on specific sectors -- pt. 5. The environmental impact of CAP reform -- pt. 6. Cross-compliance and agro-environmental...

We develop a formalism to study linearized perturbations around the equilibria of a pure exchange economy. With the use of mean field theory techniques, we derive equations for the flow of products in an economy driven by heterogeneous preferences and probabilistic interaction between agents. We...

We normalize the combinatorial Laplacian of a graph by the degree sum, look at its eigenvalues as a probability distribution and then study its Shannon entropy. Equivalently, we represent a graph with a quantum mechanical state and study its von Neumann entropy. At the graph-theoretic level,...

The exposure of farmers to different (and increasing) risks has been recognized by the EU policy, which supports several risk management tools through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Despite the vulnerability of the agricultural sector, and the attention paid at the EU level, the uptake of...

The Income Stabilization Tool, a risk management scheme introduced within the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2014-2020, could help European Union farmers manage the income risks they face. This study assesses the potential impact of implementing this tool through the maximum level of...

A large amount of policy support is spent to foster the development of rural areas in Europe. However, empirical evidence on the well-being differential between rural and urban areas in Europe is scant and incomplete. The present study develops a systematic literature review on this topic,...

Recent literature reviews of empirical models optimizing long-term investments in agriculture see gaps with regard to (i) separating investment and financing decisions, (ii) considering explicitly risk and temporal flexibility, and (iii) accounting for farm-level resource endowments and other...