The Coevolution of Policy Support and Farmers' Behaviour. An investigation on Italian agriculture over the 2008-2019 period

Roberto Esposti

No 464, Working Papers from Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali

Abstract: This paper investigates the coevolution of the CAP expenditure and of the farms' performance and choices to assess whether and to what extent CAP itself satisfies the fundamental requisites of Causal Inference. In order to identify some regularities in this coevolution, the analysis is performed on a constant group of professional and representative farms over a long enough time period. The Italian 2008-2019 FADN balanced sample is here considered. Results question whether CAP expenditure is actually accompanied by any significant farmers' response. An exception may actually concern the support specifically focused on environmental standards. Methodological implications about the applicability of Program Evaluation Methods to CAP assessment are drawn.

Keywords: Common Agricultural Policy; Farmers' Behaviour; Program Evaluation; Panel Data. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D04 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 67
Date: 2022-03
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