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Towards GMO-free landscapes? Identifying driving factors for the establishment of cooperative GMO-free zones in Germany
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Consmuller,   Nicola; Beckmann,   Volker; Petrick,   Martin.
Since the end of the quasi-moratorium on genetically modified organisms (GMO) in the European Union in 2004, the establishment of GMO-free zones has become an EU wide phenomenon. In contrast to other European countries, Germany follows the concept of cooperative GMO-free zones where neighbouring farmers contractually refrain from GMO cultivation. In this article, we address the question which underlying factors could account for the establishment of cooperative GMO-free zones in Germany. Drawing on the existing literature on spatial agglomeration of different farming systems and the establishment of GMO-free zones, we provide the first systematic study on driving factors for the regional formation of GMO-free zones in Germany. The empirical analysis is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Genetically modified organisms (GMO); GMO-free zone; Econometric analysis; Germany; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114493

Theoretical and methodological topics in the institutional economics of European agriculture. With applications to farm organisation and rural credit arrangements.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92318

RISK IN AGRICULTURE AS IMPEDIMENT TO RURAL LENDING - THE CASE OF NORTH-WESTERN KAZAKHSTAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin; Ditges,   C. Markus.
On the basis of portfolio selection theory, this paper finds that whole-farm risk must be regarded as a major reason for the low level of credit flow to agriculture in North-western Kazakhstan. A quadratic programming model was used in order (a) to demonstrate the comparatively high overall risk exposition of a typical farm, (b) to show that an inflow of working capital could contribute to risk reduction, and (c) to illustrate short-term risk management strategies. Although there may be a role for the government in reducing risk exposition of agriculture in its current form, natural and economic constraints suggest to pave the way for structural reforms that reduce the importance of agriculture in the rural economy. .
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural credit; Kazakhstan; Portfolio selection theory; Risk programming; Agricultural Finance; Q14; G11; C61.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14939

The disciplinary influence of physics, biology, and chemistry on economic modelling: Overview and implications for understanding agricultural change
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
Economic research on structural change in agriculture has repeatedly induced controversies about basic theoretical concepts, such as rational behaviour and equilibrium, and their analytical and political implications. To contribute to the epistemological dimension of this debate, the article gives an overview of three paradigms to economic modelling whose proponents have been inspired by physics, biology, and chemistry. The key concepts of general equilibrium theory, evolutionary economics and the “social chemistry” of Jon Elster are presented and compared. While all keep the idea that intentional individual action can explain aggregate outcomes that are nevertheless unintended, they differ in assumptions concerning preferences and the characteristics of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic modelling; Natural sciences; Agricultural change; Philosophy of science; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59517

How to Make Institutional Economics Policy-Relevant: Theoretical Considerations and an Application to Rural Credit Markets in Developing Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
Welfare economics as the traditional, prescriptive theory framework used in agricultural economics has been criticised by institutional economists as being largely irrelevant to real-world policy issues. We therefore ask how normative statements are possible within an economic theory framework that does recognise the importance of institutional arrangements. Instead of applying established outcome-oriented criteria of social welfare, we examine whether the rules of economic interaction allow the acquisition of gains from cooperation. We suggest to reconstruct any interaction as an existing or repealed social dilemma. This approach helps to identify common rule interests which create room for improvement of all parties involved, and to suggest desirable...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; D02; D63; D74; Q14.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25702

STIMULATING COOPERATION AMONG FARMERS IN A POST-SOCIALIST ECONOMY: LESSONS FROM A PUBLIC-PRIVATE MARKETING PARTNERSHIP IN POLAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gramzow,   Andreas; Petrick,   Martin.
This paper shows how the involvement of local governments and individuals allowed the successful creation of a public-private partnership for agricultural marketing in South-Eastern Poland, despite a generally negative perception of cooperation among the rural population. While the regional distribution network for agricultural products is largely market-based, the partnership only emerged due to collective action between local leaders. The partnership does not require farmers to become shareholders, uses a small decision making body and offers complementary services to farmers. However, there has been little stimulation of broader development activities within the local society, and the involvement of local governments has become unstable over time.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public-private partnership; Endogenous initiatives; Rural development; Poland; Agribusiness; Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7580

How land fragmentation affects off-farm labor supply in China: Evidence from household panel data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jia,   Lili; Petrick,   Martin.
Research on agricultural development in China has increasingly paid attention to the potentially negative effects of highly fragmented farm structures. This study provides a deeper theoretical understanding of the linkages between land fragmentation and off-farm labor supply and investigates this relationship empirically in a more direct and robust way than in the existing literature. Drawing upon a rural household panel dataset collected in Zhejiang, Hubei and Yunnan provinces from 1995-2002, we estimate the effects in two steps. First, we estimate the effect of land fragmentation on labor productivity using a time-demeaned translog production function. Second, we estimate the effect of land fragmentation on off-farm labor supply using Wooldridge’s (1995)...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land fragmentation; Off-farm; Labor supply; China; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114522

COMPETITIVENESS OF MILK AND WINE PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING IN ALBANIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin; Schreiber,   Catrin; Weingarten,   Peter.
This study provides an empirical assessment of the competitiveness of Albanian dairy and wine production, based on specifically collected survey data. For both product groups, the analysis is carried out on two levels: farm level production of raw material and processing and manufacturing of the final product in the food industry. In a third step, both levels are aggre-gated to analyse the competitiveness of the entire production chain for each product group. Overall, the wine sector appears in an economically more favourable situation than the milk sector. Although there is currently no relevant export of wine, there has been considerable in-vestment activity at the farm level and the harmonisation of quality standards with EU legislation is currently...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural sector; Competitiveness; Milk; Wine; Albania; P23; Q12; Q13; Agrarsektor; Wettbewerbsfähigkeit; Milch; Wein; Albanien; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14877

Should the Government Finance Public Goods in Rural Areas? A Review of Arguments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
This paper reviews three arguments why government should not directly finance public goods provision in the countryside: (1) sorting and voting of residents leads to efficient local public goods provision, (2) community governance better copes with incomplete contracting in public goods, and (3) public provision drives out voluntary private provi-sion of public goods. Theory and empirical evidence partly support these arguments. The adequate level of rural governance appears to be often below the national or Euro-pean level, and policy should focus on the institutional premises of public goods provi-sion rather than on centralized payments to public good providers.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12594

Credit rationing of Polish farm households. A theoretical and empirical analysis.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
On the verge of EU accession, Poland’s agricultural sector is characterised by a number of distinct structural weaknesses, which are a major reason for the unsatisfactory income situation of rural households. Among these weaknesses are that farm productivity is substantially below EU standards, investment has performed much weaker as compared with the overall Polish economy, and structural change has been very small. It has been suggested that credit access is a crucial factor for overcoming these undesired outcomes. Furthermore, the Polish government massively intervenes on rural credit markets, in particular by granting subsidies on working capital and investment loans for agriculture. Against this background, the aim of the present research is to...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93022

Economic Situation and Development Perspectives of Farms in Poland - An Analysis Based on Survey Data from Selected Polish Voivodships and a Comparison with German Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin; Spychalski,   Grzegorz; Switlyk,   Michal; Tyran,   Ewa.
The aim of this paper is to present an analysis of farm-level data collected in a survey of 464 Polish farms in 2000. Performance indicators of farms in three Polish voivodships are compared with farm accountancy data from two German Länder. The results show that Polish farms are much less profitable than their German counterparts. The gap in income levels is much higher between persons employed in the agricultural sector than between average working persons in the two countries. Living standards of the Polish farm population in the north-west exceed those in the south-east of the country. The analysis suggests that the lower profitability of farms has two major reasons. First, farms in the German regions receive much higher levels of subsidies. Second,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Farm performance; Survey data; Poland; Germany; International Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98251

ZUR INSTITUTIONELLEN STEUERBARKEIT VON PRODUKTIVEM UNTERNEHMERTUM IM TRANSFORMATIONSPROZESS RUSSLANDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
Der Transformationsprozess Russlands von einer zentralstaatlich geplanten Volkswirtschaft hin zu einer Marktwirtschaft nach westlichem Vorbild liefert eine aufschlussreiche Fallstudie über die von William Baumol (1990) vertretene These der institutionellen Steuerbarkeit von produktivem Unternehmertum durch einen unabhängigen und wohlmeinenden Staat (Journal of Political Economy 98, S. 893-921). Entgegen Baumols Annahme von der Konstanz des Unternehmertums in Raum und Zeit gibt es empirische und historische Hinweise, dass die Verbreitung von unternehmerischen Eigenschaften und Verhalten in Russland deutlich geringer ist als in anderen Ländern. Im Transformationsprozess nahmen politische Unternehmer nicht nur aktiv an der Ausgestaltung der institutionellen...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Unternehmertum; Russland; Transformationsprozess; Institutionelle Steuerung; Entrepreneurship; Russia; Transition process; Institutional reform.; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Political Economy; Public Economics; L26; P21.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94721

CAN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS MAKE (AGRICULTURAL) ECONOMICS A HARD SCIENCE? CRITICAL REMARKS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC METHODOLOGY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
This paper argues that mainstream economics does not follow the positivist research tradition it (often implicitly) claims to follow and expresses some serious doubt that econometrics in particular can make economics a hard science. Mathematical rigour and sophisticated statistical techniques may be regarded as persuasive analytical tools in economics, but their mere application does not guarantee good research practice. The paper outlines an alternative methodological view of pragmatic instrumentalism in which the well known tools of economic analysis can find a new place. Instead of relying on a narrow rule that purports to produce universal truth, this view encourages to increase the target area for questioning and probing. Much more attention is paid...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic method; Econometrics; Philosophy of science; Pragmatic instrumentalism; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; B41; C10.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14911

Employment impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy in Eastern Germany – A regional panel data approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin; Zier,   Patrick.
Politicians and farm lobbyists frequently use the argument that agricultural policy is necessary to safeguard jobs in agriculture. We explore whether this is true by conducting an econometric ex-post evaluation of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy in the three East German States Brandenburg, Saxony, and Saxony-Anhalt. Whereas previous studies have employed descriptive statistics or qualitative methods and have looked at single policy instruments in isolation, we apply a difference-in-difference estimator to analyse the employment effects of the entire portfolio of CAP measures simultaneously. Based on panel data at the county level, we find that direct payments for livestock, investment aid and transfers to less favoured areas had a zero...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Impact analysis; Agricultural employment; Common Agricultural Policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Labor and Human Capital; Q18; J43; R58.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50219

POLAND'S AGRICULTURE: SERIOUS COMPETITOR OR EUROPE'S POORHOUSE? SURVEY RESULTS ON FARM PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED POLISH VOIVODSHIPS AND A COMPARISON WITH GERMAN FARMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin; Spychalski,   Grzegorz; Switlyk,   Michal; Tyran,   Ewa.
The aim of this paper is to present an analysis of farm-level data collected in a survey of 464 Polish farms in 2000. Performance indicators of farms in three Polish voivodships are compared with farm accountancy data from two German Länder. The results show that Polish farms were much less profitable than their German counterparts. The gap in income levels is much higher between persons employed in the agricultural sector than between average working persons in the two countries. Living standards within the Polish farm sector decline from the north-west to the south-east. The analysis suggests that the lower profitability of farms is a consequence of pronounced structural deficiencies due to a quite unfavourable workforce-land ratio on Polish farms and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Farm performance; Survey data; Poland; Germany; Farm Management; Q12; C81; P32.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14894

BEITRAGE DES 2.DOKTORANDENWORKSHOPS ZUR AGRARENTWICKLUNG IN MITTEL- UND OSTEUROPA 2004
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin; Balmann,   Alfons.
VORWORT DER HERAUSGEBER Martin Petrick, Alfons Balmann Dieses Discussion Paper enthält die Kurzfassungen der Beiträge, die im Rahmen des Workshops zur Agrarentwicklung in Mittel- und Osteuropa für Doktoranden und Post-Doc'’s vorgestellt und diskutiert werden sollen. Dieser Workshop findet nach der erfreulichen Reso-nanz im vergangenen Jahr nun zum zweiten Mal, vom 17. bis 19. Juni 2004, am IAMO statt, wobei die Anzahl der eingereichten Beiträge noch über dem Wert des Vorjahres lag. Ziel der Veranstaltung ist es, Nachwuchswissenschaftlern die Möglichkeit zu geben, Ihre Forschungs-vorhaben zu präsentieren und zu diskutieren. Die folgenden Kurzfassungen sollen allerdings nicht nur als Diskussionsgrundlage für den Workshop dienen, sondern auch einen...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: International Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14885

The Adoption of Bt-Maize - An Econometric Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Consmuller,   Nicola; Beckmann,   Volker; Petrick,   Martin.
In this study, we theoretically and empirically investigate the determinants of Bt maize adoption in German regions. Specifically, we ask how the regulatory framework, the farm structures as well as the socio-political environment of GM expansion in Germany have influenced regional adoption rates. Following a description of the relevant legal and economic framework in Germany, we develop theoretical hypotheses concerning regional variation in Bt-maize adoption and test them econometrically with unique data at the Federal States (Länder) and County (Landkreis) level. The study provides evidence that the adoption of Bt-maize in different regions is positively affected by the amount of maize grown per farm and by the European Corn Borer (ECB) infestation...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: GMO crops; Germany; Panel data analysis; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51630

Halting the Rural Race to the Bottom: An Evolutionary Model of Rural Development to Analyse Neo-endogenous Policies in the EU
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
The article contributes to the understanding of neo-endogenous rural development policies from the perspective of evolutionary game theory. Rural development is modelled as the increasing realisation over time of gains from interaction by rural stakeholders. The model exhibits two dynamically stable equilibria, which depict declining and prospering regions. Neo-endogenous policies are interpreted as stimuli emerging from an external government authority which help decentralised actors to coordinate on the superior of the two equilibria. External intervention may thus be possible and desirable without giving up the autonomy of local decision makers. However, because initial conditions matter, outcomes cannot be planned or engineered from the outside.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural governance; Neo-endogenous policies; Evolutionary game theory; Collective action.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C73; R23; R58.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114764

EMBEDDED INSTITUTIONS AND THE PERSISTENCE OF LARGE FARMS IN RUSSIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Koester,   Ulrich; Petrick,   Martin.
Differences in farm structures between Russia and western market economies can hardly be made consistent with the neoclassical textbook idea of a technologically determined farm size operating in a perfect market environment. The main aim of the paper is to identify embedded institutions that provide an explanation for the persistent differences. It is shown that these institutions vary widely across countries. We argue that the historical contingency of a patrimonial society that is both hierarchical and egalitarian also has an important bearing on the current persistence of large farming structures in Russia. The cultural beliefs based on this contingency explain the relative absence of entrepreneurial attitude in the rural society, the lack of trust in...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Embedded institutions; Agricultural transition; Farm restructuring; Agroholdings; Russia.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Political Economy; Public Economics; P32; P52; Q12; Q15.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94720

CREDIT ACCESS AND BORROWING COSTS IN POLAND'S AGRICULTURAL CREDIT MARKET: A HEDONIC PRICING APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin; Latruffe,   Laure.
The paper empirically investigates credit access and borrowing costs in Poland's rural financial market. We conduct an econometric analysis based on cross-sectional survey data including formal loans taken in the period 1997-1999. A hedonic regression of the effective interest rate, comprising both the nominal interest rate and additional transaction costs faced by farmers, allows the identification of the determinants of borrowing costs. These determinants can be interpreted as loan attributes and their implicit prices calculated. We proceed in two steps. In the first step, farmers' credit access is estimated by a Probit model. The second step is the hedonic regression, in which the Probit results are taken to test for selectivity. The results support the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14905

LANDWIRTSCHAFT IN MOLDOVA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
This paper provides an overview of the economic situation of agriculture in the Republic of Moldova. Emphasis is laid on the natural conditions for production, its structure, trade, as well as the historical development of agriculture and its transition to the market after 1991.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Moldova; Agriculture; Transition; Moldova; Landwirtschaft; Transformation im Agrarsektor.; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Production Economics; P32; Q13; Q15.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91952

BEITRAGE DES 3. DOKTORANDENWORKSHOPS ZUR AGRARENTWICKLUNG IN MITTEL- UND OSTEUROPA 2005
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Curtiss,   Jarmila; Petrick,   Martin; Balmann,   Alfons.
This Discussion Paper contains the contributions to be presented at the "Workshop zur Agrarentwicklung in Mittel- und Osteuropa für Doktoranden und Post-Docs" to take place at IAMO from 11 to 13 July, 2005. After last year'’s positive reception, the workshop will be held for the third time, and again enjoys a respectable number of contributions. The aim of the event is to provide young scientists with the opportunity to present and discuss their research.  The following short versions of the contributions shall not only serve as a basis for discussion during the workshop, but also offer a cross-sectional overview of current research on agriculture in Central and Eastern Europe being done by young scientists. Although a broad spectrum of issues is covered,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: International Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14936

WHY AND HOW SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE PUBLIC GOODS IN RURAL AREAS? A REVIEW OF ARGUMENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
This paper reviews three arguments why government should not directly finance public goods provision in the countryside: (1) sorting and voting of residents leads to efficient local public goods provision, (2) community governance may better cope with incomplete contracting in public goods, and (3) public provision drives out voluntary private provision of public goods. Theory and empirical evidence partly support these arguments. The adequate level of rural governance appears to be often below the European or national level, and policy should focus on the institutional premises of public goods provision rather than on centralized payments to public good providers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural areas; Public goods; Institutions; Agricultural policy reform; Public Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14961

CAP effects on labour use in agriculture: Evidence from alternative dynamic panel data models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin; Zier,   Patrick.
Our aim is to investigate whether the direct payments and rural development measures of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) do make jobs in agriculture safer. We work with a dynamic labour demand equation that is augmented by the full set of policy instruments of the CAP. It is estimated on a unique regional panel dataset of three East German states for the period 1999-2006. We present results for three consistent estimators which differ in how they eliminate the fixed effects and how they instrument the lagged dependent variable, including estimators due to Arellano and Bond, Blundell and Bond, and a corrected least-squares dummy variable estimator due to Kiviet and Bruno. Our results suggest that there were few desirable effects on job maintenance...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural employment; Dynamic panel data models; Common Agricultural Policy; East Germany; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Q18; J43; C23.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61355

Regional employment impacts  of Common Agricultural Policy measures in Eastern Germany:  A difference-in-differences approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin; Zier,   Patrick.
Politicians and farm lobbyists frequently use the argument that agricultural policy is necessary to safeguard jobs in agriculture. We explore whether this is true by conducting an econometric ex-post evaluation of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the three East German States Brandenburg, Saxony, and Saxony-Anhalt. Whereas previous studies have employed descriptive statistics or qualitative methods and have looked at single policy instruments in isolation, we apply a difference-in-differences estimator to analyse the employment effects of the entire portfolio of CAP measures simultaneously. Based on panel data at the county level, we find that investment aids and transfers to less favoured areas had a zero marginal employment effect....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Impact analysis; Agricultural employment; Common Agricultural Policy; Decoupling; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Q18; J43; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93158

The Role of Agriculture in Central and Eastern European Rural Development: Engine of Change or Social Buffer?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahrens,   Heinz; Balint,   Borbala; Baltag,   Grigore; Bezlepkina,   Irina V.; Blaas,   Gejza; Bojnec,   Stefan; Borisova,   Victoria; Brelik,   Agnieszka; Cimpoies,   Dragos; von Cramon-Taubadel,   Stephan; Danilowska,   Alina; Drlik,   Jan; Fock,   Theodor; Gallerani,   Vittorio; Galushko,   Viktoriya; Golemanova,   Antoaneta; Greif,   Franz; Hager,   Astrid; Hann,   Chris; Horska,   Hana; Huirne,   Ruud B.M.; Jansik,   Csaba; Jechlitschka,   Kurt; Kinnucan,   Henry W.; Kirschke,   Dieter; Krypa,   Nada; Malik,   Mykola; Matsibora,   Tetyana; Mishev,   Plamen Dimitrov; Nedyalkov,   Anton; Oskam,   Arie J.; Oude Lansink,   Alfons G.J.M.; Petrick,   Martin; Pelse,   Modrite; Petrikov,   Alexander; Raggi,   Meri; Ratinger,   Tomas; Revishvili,   Zurab; Rodionova,   Galina; Samoggia,   Antonella; Sarris,   Alexander H.; Savastano,   Sara; Sedik,   David J.; Senczyszyn,   Jaroslaw; Spesna,   Daniela; Tritten,   Christian; Tyran,   Ewa; Valentinov,   Vladislav; Viaggi,   Davide; Wegener,   Stefan; Weingarten,   Peter; Zmija,   Janusz.
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93023

CAP IMPACTS ON LABOUR USE IN EAST GERMAN AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin; Zier,   Patrick.
D2_2
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural employment; Dynamic panel data models; Common Agricultural Policy; East Germany; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q18; J43; C23.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93962

CAP REFORM AND THE EFFECTS OF DIRECT PAYMENTS ON HETEROGENEOUS FARM STRUCTURES IN EAST GERMANY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zier,   Patrick; Petrick,   Martin.
B3_1
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Structural change; Dynamic panel data models; Common Agricultural Policy; East Germany; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93948

LAND REFORM IN MOLDOVA: HOW VIABLE ARE EMERGING PEASANT FARMS? AN ASSESSMENT REFERRING TO A RECENT WORLD BANK STUDY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
Based on a case study of two Moldovan regions, the paper challenges the favourable assessment of recently established peasant farms in a World Bank study by LERMAN et al. (1998). The main arguments in favour of a more critical view of the results of land privatisation and farm restructuring are that a) private farmers produce only on a minimal fraction of land with almost no machinery or purchased inputs at all, b) the income of a typical farm household is below a poverty line based on national standards, c) private farmers face substantial production and marketing risks, d) at present, it is unlikely that short- or long-term investment projects in agriculture can be credit funded. Currently, peasant farms are mainly run to produce a minimum diet for the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agriculture in transition; Land reform; Poverty; Subsistence farming; Moldova; Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use; Q12; Q15; P36.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14882

Credit Rationing in the Polish Farm Sector: A Microeconometric Analysis Based on Survey Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
The objective of this paper is to empirically detect credit rationing of Polish farms. Based on cross-sectional survey data and motivated by a microeconomic farm household model, this effort is pursued by a methodology consisting of three interrelated steps. These steps include the analysis of qualitative survey data regarding farmers' experience with bank credit, based on this an econometric estimation of internal shadow prices of credit for the credit constrained sub-sample of respondents, and finally an investigation of interdependencies between determinants of consumption and production that should be influenced by the presence of a binding credit constraint. The results of the empirical analysis consistently suggest that among the observed randomly...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agriculture credit; Credit rationing; Interest subsidy; Microeconometrics; Poland; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24951

BEITRAGE DES DOKTORANDENWORKSHOPS ZUR AGRARENTWICKLUNG IN MITTEL- UND OSTEUROPA 2003
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin; Balmann,   Alfons; Lissitsa,   Alexej.
Dieses Discussion Paper enthält die Kurzfassungen der Beitrsge, die im Rahmen des Workshops zur Agrarentwicklung in Mittel- und Osteuropa fur Doktoranden und Post-Doc’'s vorgestellt und diskutiert werden sollen. Dieser Workshop mochte Nachwuchswissenschaftlern die Moglichkeit geben, Ihre Forschungsvorhaben zu prssentieren und zu diskutieren. Er findet erstmalig in dieser Form am IAMO statt. Die folgenden Kurzfassungen sollen allerdings nicht nur als Diskussionsgrundlage fur den Workshop dienen, sondern auch einen Querschnittsuberblick uber die gegenwsrtige Nachwuchsforschung im Agrarbereich zu Mittel- und Osteuropa vermitteln. Wir denken, dass ein breites Spektrum von relevanten Themen bearbeitet wird. Dies entspricht einerseits dem interdisziplinären...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: International Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14934

FARM INVESTMENT, CREDIT RATIONING, AND PUBLIC CREDIT POLICY IN POLAND: A MICROECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
The aim of this paper is to empirically analyse the effects of governmentally promoted credit access on the investment behaviour of credit rationed farmers. This is done by specifying an empirical investment equation which is estimated on a cross-sectional sample of Polish farm household data. In contrast to conventional neo-classical investment models, the investment equation contains the financial variable long-term credit access, which plays the central role in this study. The econometric analysis is used to analyse the determinants of credit access and estimate the marginal effect of credit on investment, which in turn provides the key information for policy evaluation. The results suggest that access to subsidised credit has a significant role in...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Farm investment; Credit policy; Poland; Microeconometrics; Agricultural Finance; Q12; Q14; P32.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14872

The adoption of Bt-maize in Germany: An econometric analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Consmuller,   Nicola; Beckmann,   Volker; Petrick,   Martin.
In this study, we theoretically and empirically investigate the determinants of Bt-maize adoption in German regions. Specifically, we ask how the regulatory framework, the farm structures as well as the socio-political environment of GM expansion in Germany have influenced regional adoption rates. Following a description of the relevant legal and economic framework in Germany, we develop theoretical hypotheses concerning regional variation in Bt-maize adoption and test them econometrically with unique data at the Federal States (Länder) and County (Landkreis) level. The study provides evidence that the adoption of Bt-maize in different regions is positively affected by the amount of maize grown per farm and by the European Corn Borer (ECB) infestation...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: GMO crops; Germany; Panel data analysis; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53262

The Determinants of Polish Farmers' Credit Interest Rates: Hedonic Price Analysis and Implications for Government Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin; Latruffe,   Laure.
Our micro-econometric analysis of agricultural credit market outcomes in Poland sheds new light on the relationship between contractual arrangements and interest rates. An innovative theoretical framework based on a hedonic market model is developed. We interpret the factors that influence interest rates as "quality" components of the credit contract. We use unique data including detailed information about Polish farmers' credit contracts. Both nominal interest rates and bank fees are considered. Results show that banks prefer liquid types of collateral, and care little about the loan's purpose. The effect of government subsidies on interest rates is small compared to the officially declared reduction of the nominal rate.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural finance; Credit policy; Hedonic regression; Micro-econometrics; Poland; Agricultural and Food Policy; Financial Economics; Q12; Q14; P32.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24757

GOVERNING STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND EXTERNALITIES IN AGRICULTURE: TOWARD A NORMATIVE INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
The paper aims at a conceptual contribution to the normative economic analysis of rural de-velopment (RD) policies. RD is regarded as a problem of interaction between individuals; (lacking) structural change or the (missing) integration of externalities are therefore recon-structed as coordination rather than allocation problems. A social dilemma is taken as the paradigmatic core of normative institutional economics: how can potential gains from coop-eration be realised by way of institutional policy? Starting from a critique of the hitherto dominating welfare economics conception, three principles for institutional policy are de-rived: (1) the realisation of gains from cooperation as the normative, regulative idea, (2) in-centive-compatible...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Institutional economics; Welfare economics; Social dilemma; Institutionenökonomik; Wohlfahrtsökonomik; Soziales Dilemma; Ländliche Entwicklung; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; D 63; D 74; Q 18; Q58.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14878

A model of manager-induced organisational stability in post-Soviet agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin; Carter,   Michael R.
Agricultural transition in the former Soviet Union has, surprisingly for many observers, not led to a widespread adoption of individual farming. This article attempts to understand some previously neglected forces behind this outcome. It develops a theoretical model of farm restructuring in which managers exploit the preferences of workers for conformity within a social reference group to cement their own power. The model provides a rationale for the persistent support among workers and managers to the status-quo organisation, despite the availability of a more efficient individual farming option. Based on empirical evidence, we argue that managers have an incentive to keep horizons of workers limited by sheltering them from pro-reform influences. Polar...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural transition; Former Soviet Union; Social interaction effects; Farm restructuring.; Farm Management.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7788

Halting the rural race to the bottom: an evolutionary model of rural development to analyse neo-endogenous policies in the EU
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
The article contributes to the understanding of neo-endogenous rural development policies from the perspective of evolutionary game theory. Rural development is modelled as the increasing realisation over time of gains from interaction by rural stakeholders. The model exhibits two dynamically stable equilibria, which depict declining and prospering regions. Neo-endogenous policies are interpreted as stimuli emerging from an external government authority which help decentralised actors to coordinate on the superior of the two equilibria. External intervention may thus be possible and desirable without giving up the autonomy of local decision makers. However, because initial conditions matter, outcomes cannot be planned or engineered from the outside.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural governance; Neo-endogenous policies; Evolutionary game theory; Collective action; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C73; R23; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94897

EMPIRICAL MEASUREMENT OF CREDIT RATIONING IN AGRICULTURE: A METHODOLOGICAL SURVEY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
Empirical analysis of rural credit market failure has been of key scientific and political interest in recent years. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of various methods for measuring credit rationing of farms employed in the literature. Furthermore, based on a common analytical framework entailing a formal model of a credit rationed farm household, the methods are subjected to a comparative evaluation of their specific strengths or shortcomings. Six approaches are distinguished: measurement of loan transaction costs, analysis of qualitative information collected in interviews, analysis of quantitative information collected in interviews by using the credit limit concept, analysis of spill-over effects with regard to secondary credit sources,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural finance; Credit rationing; Quantitative analysis; Micro-econometrics; Agricultural Finance; Q12; Q14.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14926

Direct Payments, Farm Survival, and Strategic Farm Creation: The Case of Large-Scale Agricultural Structures in East Germany
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zier,   Patrick; Petrick,   Martin.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61687

DOCUMENTATION OF THE POLAND FARM SURVEY 2000
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
This documentation summarises the technical information about the Poland farm survey 2000. This survey was recently carried out in co-operation with Polish partners by the Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO) in Halle (Saale), Germany. The topics covered in the documentation are a description and reprint of the questionnaire, sample design, survey organisation and implementation, data management, calculation of certain compound variables, and a brief assessment of the experiences made with the instrument.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Methods of data collection; Microeconomic data; Survey methodology; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C81.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14908