Farm household risk balancing : implications for policy from an EU perspective

Erwin Wauters (Social Sciences Unit, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Merelbeke, Belgium and Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium), Yann de Mey (Business Economics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands and Division of Bioeconomics, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium), Frankwin van Winsen (Animal Sciences Unit, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Merelbeke, Belgium), Steven Van Passel (Department of Engineering Management, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium and Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium), Mark Vancauteren (Department of Econometrics, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium) and Ludwig Lauwers (Social Sciences Unit, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Merelbeke, Belgium and Department of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium)