Against the background of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in 2003 the following analysis, brings into focus the responses of the agricultural sector to decoupled subsidies. In particular it addresses the impact of the Single Payment Scheme (SPS) on land sales and rent prices...

Due to Germany's specific farm structure, the progressive modulation of direct payments decided within the Health Check of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is of particular relevance for German agriculture. In this paper we apply the agent-based model AgriPoliS to shed some light on the...

A central criticism common to agricultural economic modelling approaches for policy analysis is that they do not adequately take account of a number of characteristic factors of the agricultural sector. This concerns aspects like the immobility of land, heterogeneity of farms, interactions...

This paper combines agent-based modeling of structural change with agricultural policy analysis. Using the agent-based model AgriPoliS, we investigate the impact of a regime switch in agricultural policy on structural change under various framework conditions. Instead of first doing a...

Mit der Reform der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik nach 2013 sollen Direktzahlungen innerhalb der EU unter Berücksichtigung der neuen Mitgliedsstaaten angeglichen und gegenüber dem Steuerzahler besser begründbar werden. Im Oktober 2011 stellte die EU-Kommission konkrete Reformvorschläge vor. Sie...

This Discussion Paper explores interactions between structural impediments to labour adjustment, specific labour adjustment patterns and the impacts of differing economical and political frames. Based on the agent-based simulation framework AgriPoliS adjusted to the agricultural structure of the...

Zur Umsetzung der aktuellen EU-Agrarreform hat die deutsche Agrarministerkonferenz beschlossen, dass zukünftig kleinere Betriebe und Hofnachfolger durch besondere Zulagen begünstigt werden sollen. Infolge der regional sehr heterogenen Agrarstruktur ergeben sich hieraus erhebliche...