The Use of Agent-Based Modelling to Establish a Link between Agricultural Policy Reform and Structural Change

Kathrin Happe, Alfons Balmann (), Konrad Kellermann and Christoph Sahrbacher

No 232637, 89th Seminar, February 2-5, 2005, Parma, Italy from European Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: This paper motivates the use of agent-based modelling to study policy impacts on systems of heterogeneous, individually acting agents, such as agricultural structures. The paper presents the model AgriPoliS and an application to a region in southwest Germany. The policies considered in the simulation experiments aim at increasing the efficient allocation of production factors. Results show that policies providing incentives for small farms to leave the sector speed up structural change and increase efficiency. The paper ends with an extensive discussion of model results, and the approach.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27
Date: 2005-02
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.232637

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