Can expert knowledge compensate for data scarcity in crop insurance pricing?
Although there is an increasing interest in area yield insurance in many developing countries, crop data scarcity hinders its implementation by imposing higher premiums. Expert knowledge has been...
View ArticleAnalysis of choice inconsistencies in on-line choice experiments: impact on...
Individuals answering to choice experiments (CEs) are assumed to behave in concordance with standard utility theory. However, empirical evidence finds that these assumptions are frequently violated,...
View ArticleEndogenous farm-type selection, endogenous irrigation, and spatial effects in...
In the estimation of Ricardian models the endogeneity of adaptation measures is typically ignored. In this article we propose a new estimation strategy that explicitly recognises the endogeneity of...
View ArticleBayesian estimation of non-stationary Markov models combining micro and macro...
We develop a Bayesian framework for estimating non-stationary Markov models in situations where macro population data are available only on the proportion of individuals residing in each state, but...
View ArticleComponent supply responses in dairy production
Under multiple component pricing schemes, the price of milk depends on its content of components such as fat, protein and lactose. A theoretical model of component supply under tradable quota regime...
View ArticleSomatic cell counts in dairy marketing: quantile regression for count data
We study the determinants of somatic cell count (SCC) for farm milk among US dairies. We synthesise much of the work that has been done to model SCC determinants in order to identify the potential...
View ArticleMultiperiod optimal hedging ratios: methodological aspects and application to...
This work deals with issues relating to multiperiod hedging ratios (MHRs). First, we derive an analytical formula for the MHR starting from the triangular representation of a cointegrated system....
View ArticleHow does space affect the allocation of the EU Rural Development Policy...
This article focuses on the main drivers of the distribution of the Rural Development Policy expenditure throughout the European Union (EU). Ex-post funds distribution across EU NUTS3 regions is...
View ArticlePotential effects of the income stabilisation tool (IST) in Swiss agriculture
We extend the existing literature on the income stabilisation tool (IST) by investigating the influence of farm and farmers' characteristics on potential indemnification applying double-hurdle models...
View ArticleNudging farmers to enrol land into agri-environmental schemes: the role of a...
This article shows that the introduction of a conditional collective bonus in an agri-environmental scheme (AES) can improve farmers' participation and increase land enrolment for lower overall...
View ArticleFarm household risk balancing: empirical evidence from Switzerland
Empirical evidence on household risk balancing behaviour is presented by estimating a fixed effects seemingly unrelated regression model using Swiss Farm Accountancy Data Network data. We find that in...
View ArticleAnalysing farmland rental rates using Bayesian geoadditive quantile regression
Empirical studies on farmland rental rates so far have predominantly concentrated on modelling conditional means using spatial autoregressive models. While these models only focus on the central...
View ArticleConsumers' welfare and off-season produce imports
In recent years, produce imports to the United States from the southern hemisphere made wintertime consumption common. Focusing on imports of fresh berries – strawberries, blueberries, blackberries...
View ArticleOn the dynamics of food demand: a benefit function approach
Adequate food intake being necessary for good health and life suggests that food consumption has significant long-term effects on human welfare. This article develops an economic and econometric...
View ArticleThe income penalty of farming and fishing: results from a sibling approach
This study explores an apparently paradoxical finding in farming and fishing: low economic returns, but a high rate of occupational transmission across generations of farmers and fishers. Using a...
View ArticleUnderstanding producers' motives for adopting sustainable practices: the role...
Understanding the motives and risk attitudes of producers to engage in sustainable practices is important for policy-makers who wish to increase the likelihood of adoption and improve the design of...
View ArticleAgricultural extension in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: does gender...
Agricultural extension programmes often evaluate their gender strategy by the proportion of female participants. However, female participation is not necessarily conducive for reaching programme...
View ArticleBalancing public goods in agriculture through safe minimum standards
We develop a general framework in which public goods are conflicting (complementary) if an increase in the provision of one public good raises (lowers) the marginal cost of providing another public...
View ArticleTaxing animal-based foods for sustainability: environmental, nutritional and...
This article examines the impact of a consumption tax on environmentally unfriendly animal-based foods. It focuses on three dimensions: environmental emissions, diet quality and social equity. Using...
View ArticleAn analysis of asymmetric consumer price responses and asymmetric cost...
We empirically analyse a possible channel for the existence of asymmetric price-cost pass-through, that is, of prices responding differently to negative and positive upstream cost shocks. While the...
View Article
