The effects of EU agricultural policy changes on farmers' risk attitudes

Phoebe Koundouri (), Marita Laukkanen (), Sami Myyrä and Celine Nauges ()

European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2009, vol. 36, issue 1, pages 53-77

Abstract: This analysis utilises a model of production under risk estimated on Finnish farm-level data to measure farmers' risk attitudes in a changing policy environment. We find evidence of heterogeneous risk preferences among farmers, as well as notable changes over time in farmers' degree of risk aversion. This result is due to the increase in the non-random part of farm income generated by the policy change after Finland's European Union accession. The analysis confirms the assertion that agricultural policies that are decoupled from production do affect input use and crop mix through their effect on farmers' risk attitudes. Oxford University Press and Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics 2009; all rights reserved. For permissions, please email journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org, Oxford University Press.

Date: 2009

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