A major objective of this study is to analyse the evolutionary patterns of regional linkages and disparities across the EU space, especially those related to rural and peripheral/remote regions. In particular, this report assesses the economy-wide effects, in terms of GDP and employment,...

This paper aims at making the world price endogenous within the AGMEMOD modelling approach. Thisapproach constructs country-level commodity market models where supply and demand sides are equalizedon the basis of the observed domestic prices. These prices are endogenous as they depend...

The AGMEMOD Partnership seeks to capture the inherent existingheterogeneity of agricultural systems by linking together individualEU Member State models, an aggregated EU model and severalaccession countries into one single model, while still maintaininganalytical consistency. Although this...

This paper aims at analysing the recent CAP reform from the perspective of the current general and strategic objectives of the EU as defined by the Lisbon Strategy. A critical appraisal of the CAP impact in terms of regional growth is carried out. Firstly from a strictly conceptual and...

This work analyzes farm diversification activities in an Italian region (Marche). The study examines 387 farms from Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) over a six-year period (2000-2005), applying Discrete Choice Models to identify their business. Recognizing the driving forces of such...

The paper analyses agricultural TFP growth across Italian regions during the 1952-2002 period, and aims at identifying those factors that favour or hinder regional agricultural TFP growth convergence. Of major relevance is whether regions, despite their inescapable heterogeneity, tend to share...

This paper aims to summarize some of the major results emerging from simulating the impact of the CAP reform (the so-called Fischler Reform or Luxembourg Agreement, LA) within the AG-MEMOD model of the agri-food sector in Italy. The paper shows how the model generates impacts when alternative...

Elasticities estimate is the traditional representation of production response to price changes within the neoclassical theory of the production process. The conventional solution is the econometric estimation of a production, or dual, function, and the following calculation of elasticities....