The aim of this study is to assess whether market-based instruments of agri-environmental policy such as taxes and subsidies can promote reduced pesticide use in viticulture. Simulations are carried out using VINEPA, a multi-periodic discrete stochastic programming (DSP) model based on panel...

This article deals with the Local Agri-Environmental Schemes (LAES), the French contractual policy instrument within the European Rural Development Regulation (2007-2013), designed to improve water quality within priority watersheds. The paper is structured in three parts. The first one focuses...

The Local Agro-Environmental Schemes (L-AES) are a new policy instrument to reach the objective of « good status » of aquatic environment planned by the European Water Framework Directive (WFD). Mid-term of the 2007-2013 French Rural Development Program, the rate of achievement for...

<italic>Les mesures agroenvironnementales territorialisées (MAET) sont un nouvel instrument d’intervention publique pour atteindre l’objectif de bon état des milieux aquatiques prévu par la Directive cadre sur l’eau (DCE). A mi-parcours du Programme de Développement Rural Hexagonal 2007-2013,...</italic>

Sourcing grapes from independent growers for use in top quality wines sold on the international market is a major organisational challenge for corporate wineries. Our paper adds to the small existing literature addressing these coordination issues in the New World wine sector, by going deeper...

Sourcing grapes from independent growers for use in top quality wines sold on the international market is a major organisational challenge for corporate wineries. Our paper adds to the small existing literature addressing these coordination issues in the New World wine sector, by going deeper...

This research aims to understand why French wine producers venture into direct sale to customers instead of selling bulk wine to wine companies. The empirical tests on the French Farm Census confirm the value of both Resource-Based Perspective and Transaction Cost Economics in understanding...