Abstract
This study presents an innovative empirical application to the assessment of agri-environment measures on environmental and economic efficiency. Using a multi-equation representation with desirable technology and its accompanying undesirable by-production technology, we investigate the effects of agri-environment measures on farm-level environmental and economic efficiency. A combination of propensity score matching and a difference-in-difference approach is used to estimate the policy effect. The application focuses on a balanced sample of Bavarian dairy farms surveyed between 2013 and 2018. Results suggest that agri-environment schemes do not alter farms' economic efficiency, whereas environmental efficiency does not seem to be stimulated by schemes participation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 918-953 |
| Number of pages | 36 |
| Journal | European Review of Agricultural Economics |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - 1 Jul 2023 |
Keywords
- agri-environment schemes
- data envelopment analysis
- environmental performance
- nitrogen pollution
- policy evaluation