This chapter first discusses what economists mean by “the incidence of agricultural policy”
and why we care about it. Then it reviews models of the determinants of the differential …

This article shows that credit market imperfections have important implications for the
distribution of policy rents. In a model with land as fixed factor and credit market …

Economic theory and empirical findings suggest that the way in which agricultural support is
provided has an influence on land markets. Support payments tend to become capitalised …

This study investigates the impact of the Single Area Payment Scheme (SAPS) on farmland
rental rates in the New EU Member States. Using a unique set of farm level panel data with …

All agricultural markets are subjected to institutional regulations that–in one way or another–
affect the functioning of these markets, and this is no different for the agricultural land market …

This paper analyses the main institutional factors affecting the rental and sales markets for
agricultural land. Particular attention is paid to the effects of the common agricultural policy …

Economic theory, as well as empirical findings, suggest that the way in which agricultural
support is provided has an influence on land markets, because payments capitalise to some …

This paper studies the income distributional effects of three main instruments of the Common
Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the EU: Coupled Direct Payments (CDP), the Rural …

Growing concerns in the major importing countries on the socio-environmental sustainability
of oil palm farming may affect the import demand of palm oil and hence the economy of the …

Abstract This Factor Markets Working Paper analyses the impact of increasing direct
payments on land rents in six new EU member states in which agricultural subsidies largely …