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...

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...

Managing landscapes as public goods: on the economics of providing for nature in cultivated landscapes in decentralized ways Political procedures aimed at solving conflicts of agriculture and the environment are becoming increasingly important. In contrast to previous research, property rights...