Dieser Beitrag befasst sich mit Beobachtungen des Verfassers zu Vorgängen bzgl. bäuerlicher Lebenswelt und Existenz zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts aus dem Oberen Mölltal. Es handelt sich um langfristige Beobachtungen und Gedanken zu potentiellen Entwicklungen im Tal bzgl. Agrarstruktur und...

Payments for eco-system services and nature (words are used synonymously) cannot be treated independently from spatial outlays. We adopt a modified "von Thünen" framework and ask for optimal land allocation in space in case of land rent change and regional preference. Yet, our approach is not...

Dieser Beitrag befasst sich mit Beobachtungen des Verfassers zu Vorgängen bzgl. bäuerlicher Lebenswelt und Existenz zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts aus dem Oberen Mölltal. Es handelt sich um langfristige Beobachtungen und Gedanken zu potentiellen Entwicklungen im Tal bzgl. Agrarstruktur und...

Since the seminal work of Adam Smith, markets have been considered an efficienttool for co-ordinating the behaviour of economic agents. The basic characteristicof a market economy is that the complex system of interaction amongindividuals is not centrally coordinated. Under the assumption of...

Farming worldwide and national agricultural policies are in a profound crisis. Farmers everywhere are complaining about inadequate incomes. A large proportion of farms are threatened on both sides of the Atlantic, in the EC no less than in the USA. This situation has coincided with a period of...

In this paper we argue that the loss of bio-diversity hould be of concern for farmers, though it seems to be of little or no concern to them at the moment. As diversity is a component of nature that controls the growth of pests, a loss of bio-diversity means increased exposure to pests, danger...

This paper offers a novel institutional economics approach for conflict solving in meat industries. We show how to apply a bargaining model in case of: (i) economies of scale and strong competition favouring large scale production as well as high stocking supported by increased antibiotic use,...