Nilsson, Fredrik
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
This paper investigates whether the level of transaction costs of a Swedish agri-environmental policy measure is attributable to technical factors or whether political factors, such as lobby groups and political majorities at the county level, influence the costs. A previous study indicated that political factors may influence the level of transaction costs, but the extreme bounds analysis performed in this paper reveals that those results are fragile. It shows that three of the technical variables are robust with respect to model specifications but that none of the political variables are. Thus, no evidence can be found that political factors influence the level of transaction costs.
Keywords
extreme bounds analysis; agri-environmental policy measures; pasture; transaction costs
Published in
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
2009, volume: 52, number: 6, pages: 757-775
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Agricultural Science
Environmental Sciences and Nature Conservation
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09640560903083723
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/19110