Farm expansion in Lithuania after accession to the EU: The role of CAP payments in alleviating potential credit constraints

Laure Latruffe, Sophia Davidova, Elodie Douarin () and Matthew Gorton

No 08-06, Working Papers SMART from INRAE UMR SMART

Abstract: The impact of the introduction of EU Single Area Payments (SAP) on farm expansion strategy in Lithuania is investigated, utilizing farm accounting and survey data. The introduction of the SAP has a positive influence on farmers’ intentions to expand their area compared to a baseline scenario of the hypothetical continuation of pre-accession policy. The switch in policy has a more pronounced effect on farms that were previously credit constrained. While the SAP has been presented as a support that is decoupled from production, its introduction may have ex post coupled effects, through an income multiplier effect on credit constrained farmers

Keywords: Single Area Payments (SAP); Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); credit; investment; Lithuania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q14 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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Journal Article: Farm Expansion in Lithuania after Accession to the EU: The Role of CAP Payments in Alleviating Potential Credit Constraints (2010)
Working Paper: Farm expansion in Lithuania after accession to the EU: The role of CAP payments in alleviating potential credit constraints (2008)
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