Jansson, Torbjörn
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2021Peer reviewed
A Bayesian econometrics and risk programming approach for analysing the impact of decoupled payments in the European Union*
Basnet, Shyam Kumar; Jansson, Torbjoern; Heckelei, Thomas
Abstract
We estimate a risk-based programming, individual farm model and apply it to study the wealth effects of crop-related, decoupled direct payments under the European Union (EU) Common Agricultural Policy. The model expands on previous work on estimating risk-based programming models by applying a robust Bayesian econometric framework. The results indicate that the wealth effect varies greatly between individual farms, but that its impact on aggregate crop production is small. For larger farms, in particular, removing the decoupled payments, while keeping total land constant, increases the diversity of the cropping plan.
Keywords
Bayesian econometrics; decoupled payments; positive mathematical programming; risk
Published in
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
2021, Volume: 65, number: 3, pages: 729-759
Publisher: WILEY
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Agricultural Science
Economics
Publication identifier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8489.12430
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/112969