The scientific production system is of ultimate importance for the way how humans address global challenges. Recently, scholars have begun to voice concerns about structural inefficiencies within this system, as e.g. the replication crisis, the p-value debate or the identification of various...

This paper investigates price differentials between organically and conventionally farmed arable land. Organic commodities offer higher prices and environmental benefits such as improved soil constitution, where land buyers gauge these benefits against lower yields at higher risk, switching and...

Local farmers' preferences for farmland price regulations in competitive markets have not been studied systematically. We investigate farmers' preferences in Germany, where recent price increases have driven calls for regulatory changes. The results of an online vignette experiment show that...

Im Pflanzenbau stellt die Bewässerung eine der wirksamsten Maßnahmen dar, um die Ertragsverluste infolge von Trockenheits- und Dürreereignissen zu vermeiden oder zu minimieren. Durch ein begrenztes Wasserdargebot besteht die Herausforderung, die Wasserverfügbarkeit für die Bewässerung zu...

Much of the land economics literature has largely ignored the spatial nature of competition and related differences between farmland rental and sales markets. In this note we propose a model for price formation in both markets under a spatial competition framework. We demonstrate that price...

To promote biodiversity, a diverse landscape is necessary. Structural change in agriculture and increasing cost pressure have led to the trend of fewer farms and larger farming units with less diversity. Reversing this trend is a societal task that requires a willingness to make sacrifices. For...

Numerous studies have tried to provide a better understanding of firm-level investment behaviour using econometric models. The model specification of more recent studies has been based on two main approaches. The first, the real options approach, focuses on irreversibility and uncertainty in...

Der kontinuierliche Rückgang landwirtschaftlicher Nutzfläche verbunden mit der Tendenz zu immer größeren landwirtschaftlichen Betrieben hat die Konkurrenz um den knappen Produktionsfaktor Boden in Deutschland erhöht. Von 2000 bis 2013 sind die Kaufpreise landwirtschaftlicher Nutzflächen...