ERAE《欧洲农业经济学评论》2022年第49卷第2期目录及摘要
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What topic modelling can show about the development of agricultural economics: evidence from the Journal Citation Report category top journals
Leonardo Cei; Edi Defrancesco; Gianluca Stefani
Environmental identity economics: an application to farmers’ pro-environmental investment behaviour
Kahsay Haile Zemo; Mette Termansen
A meta-analysis of the capitalisation of CAP direct payments into land prices
Alessandro Varacca; Giovanni Guastella; Stefano Pareglio;
Paolo Sckokai
African trade of mangoes to OECD countries: disentangling the effects of compliance with maximum residue limits on production, export supply and import demand
Ousmane Z Traoré; Lota D Tamini
Rationalising inefficiency in dairy production: evidence from an over-time approach
Birhanu Addisu Adamie; Helena Hansson
Malleability of food values amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Simone Cerroni; Rodolfo M Nayga,Jr.; Gioacchino Pappalardo;
Wei Yang
Use and non-use values to explain farmers’ motivation for the provision of animal welfare
Enoch Owusu-Sekyere; Helena Hansson; Evgenij Telezhenko
What topic modelling can show about the development of agricultural economics: evidence from the Journal Citation Report category top journals
Leonardo Cei Edi Defrancesco Gianluca Stefani
Abstract: Throughout its history, several attempts have been made to map the structure and subfields of agricultural economics; however, these attempts either rely on the experience of distinguished scholars or require processing a massive amount of textual data. This paper investigates the structural dynamics of agricultural economics, focusing on the changing frequency of different subfields and the diversification of the discipline over time and on the differences between European and non-European scholars. A quantitative text analysis is carried out on abstracts from the major agricultural economics journals in the Journal Citation Reports category ‘Agricultural Economics and Policy’. The topics identified are consistent with findings from traditional studies, but their importance differs between the two areas. However, a convergence process has been observed in the last years.
Environmental identity economics: an application to farmers’ pro-environmental investment behaviour
Kahsay Haile Zemo Mette Termansen
Abstract: This study proposes an environmental identity economics theory that can improve our understanding of pro-environmental behaviour. We test the potential of the theory by analysing farmers’ decisions to invest in renewable energy production using a hybrid choice model. Our findings illustrate that farmers with a strong environmental identity require less financial incentive to invest. Furthermore, lower compensation is found to be sufficient to induce farmers with a strong environmental identity to commit to more binding investment contracts. Our findings stress the need for differentiated designs of agri-environmental programmes and mechanisms that enhance farmers’ environmental identity.
A meta-analysis of the capitalisation of CAP direct payments into land prices
Alessandro Varacca Giovanni Guastella Stefano Pareglio
Paolo Sckokai
Abstract: The impact of the European Union common agricultural policy direct payments on land prices has received substantial attention in recent years, leading to heterogeneous evidence of capitalisation for both coupled and decoupled payments. In this paper, we provide an extensive review of the empirical works addressing this issue econometrically and compare their results through a Bayesian meta-regression model, focussing on the impact of decoupling and its implementation schemes. We find that the introduction of decoupled payments increased the capitalisation rate, although the extent of this increment hinges on the implementation scheme adopted by the member state.
African trade of mangoes to OECD countries: disentangling the effects of compliance with maximum residue limits on production, export supply and import demand
Ousmane Z Traoré Lota D Tamini
Abstract: This article theoretically and empirically disentangles the effects of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for pesticides on production, export supply and import demand. We adopt a modelling approach based on the costs and benefits associated with food safety standards and use our theoretical framework to assess the empirical net effects of MRLs for pesticides on African mango production and trade with Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries. On the one hand, we theoretically highlight that for a given production technology and a level of elasticity of production costs with respect to the MRL gap, producers will likely (probability and quantity) produce standard-compliant products if they are able to completely pass through the standard-compliance costs to the unit price they receive from exporters; otherwise, they will exit standard-compliant products market. On the other hand, we theoretically show that the net effects of the MRL gap on bilateral trade can be positive, zero or negative depending on the effects of consumers’ perceived quality (positive), trade costs (negative) and standard-compliant production cost (negative). We use a cross-sectional data set for 12 African countries that produced and exported MRL-compliant mangoes to 31 OECD countries in 2016. On the one hand, we find that the net effect of MRLs is positive for the level of standard-compliant mango production and negative for the probability of producing. On the other hand, they are positive in mango trade between African and OECD member countries. Our results highlight that the tightening or imposition of strict MRLs for pesticides in developed countries may be trade promoting, while they severely impede production in African countries.
Rationalising inefficiency in dairy production: evidence from an over-time approach
Birhanu Addisu Adamie Helena Hansson
Abstract: We argue that inefficiency can be part of a strategic self-repositioning adjustment process beyond the general interpretation of poor performance. Based on the rational inefficiency hypothesis, we examine the simultaneous dynamics of efficiency and animal welfare improving investments over time in dairy farms. Using rotating panel data from Swedish dairy farms and implementing multidirectional efficiency analysis and Markov transitional dynamic analysis, the paper provides evidence that for some farms inefficiency is temporary and part of rational decision along their trajectory towards multi-efficiency (high efficiency-high animal welfare). The findings show the importance of time dynamics in efficiency achievements with implications to cross-sectional view.
Malleability of food values amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Simone Cerroni Rodolfo M Nayga, Jr.
Gioacchino Pappalardo Wei Yang
Abstract: Food values are supposed to be stable. This paper tests this assumption by comparing food values before and during the coronavirus-19 pandemic. While the ranking of food values remains very similar, there are some interesting differences in the relative importance that consumers attached to food values before and during the pandemic. A substantial decrease in the importance that consumers attach to food safety was observed during the pandemic, while there was a moderate increase in the importance attached to taste, nutrition, appearance, convenience and origin. The changes in food values vary across sociodemographic groups. Implications of the results are discussed.
Use and non-use values to explain farmers’ motivation for the provision of animal welfare
Enoch Owusu-Sekyere Helena Hansson Evgenij Telezhenko
Abstract: This paper examines how differences in motivation in terms of use and non-use values affect the choice of animal welfare improvement practices. The application is focused on Swedish dairy farmers’ preferences for different flooring systems’ attributes. Using multiple indicators and multiple causes and hybrid latent class models, the findings demonstrate that dairy farmers who favour flooring solutions that enhance farm animal welfare are motivated by a complex set of both use values relating to internal and external pressures and non-use values linked to animal freedom, ethical codes of farmers and building business-to-customer relationships. The findings imply that measures to stimulate more uptake of animal welfare improvement practices can be better targeted by using insights into motivational constructs of farmers and by adopting policy communication that captures the whole breadth of use and non-use motivational constructs held by farmers.
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