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CAP reform and its impact on structural change and productivity growth: A cross country analysis

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  • Kazukauskas, Andrius
  • Newman, Carol F.

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The recent reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) have exposed the European agricultural sector to a new set of constraints and challenges. The decoupling of direct payments from production is expected to make production decisions more market-oriented as farmers move from mainly subsidy revenue maximization objectives toward profit maximizing behaviour. However, ex-post analyses of the productivity of farms have yet to uncover any evidence of a positive effect of the decoupling policy on farm productivity. Using the Irish, Danish and Dutch farm level data, we identify the extent to which both system and product switching after the introduction of decoupling has occurred and to what extent these changes have contributed to productivity growth in the agriculture. We find some evidence that the decoupling policy had positive significant effects on farm productivity but the product switching behaviour associated with the changes in farm decoupling rates have not led to productivity improvements.

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  • Kazukauskas, Andrius & Newman, Carol F., 2010. "CAP reform and its impact on structural change and productivity growth: A cross country analysis," 114th Seminar, April 15-16, 2010, Berlin, Germany 61103, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:eaa114:61103
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.61103
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    Keywords

    Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use;
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    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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