Die zu erwartenden Auswirkungen der Entkopplung sind komplex, und die Nettoeffekte auf die Flächenallokation zwischen Grandes Cultures und Futterkulturen sind entsprechend schwierig einzuschätzen. Eine Literaturrecherche ergibt, dass auf verschiedenen Simulationsmodellen basierende Analysen...

The EU has recently completed negotiating a series of association agreements with mediterranean countries. Trade preferences for agricultural goods which are granted under these agreements as well as under former arrangements are analyzed by calculating the value of preference margins at several...

The EU Commission suggests to exclude CEC from the dynamic modulation mechanism, being part of the MTR package. This article looks at the distributional aspects of including the CEC into dynamic modulation. Under the current accession proposal the CEC would account for only 18% of the rural...

Die Europäische Union steht in Umwelt- und Klimaschutzfragen vor enormen Herausforderungen. Treibhausgasemissionen, Biodiversitätsverluste, Ammoniakemissionen und nach wie vor vielfach zu hohe Nährstofffrachten in die Gewässer verlangen eine deutlich zielorientiertere und konsequentere...

This paper suggests spatial models as an alternative to the Armington approach to model bilateral trade. While the use of spatial models has been accepted for decades, they are rarely chosen for such analyses. However, problems inherent in the application of the Armington approach can be...