Discussion Papers

We design, detail and test an approach to optimize a social welfare function over a surrogate model of a global multi-regional Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model. [...]

We discuss approaches to solve and speed up baseline generation with recursive-dynamic global Computable General Equilibrium (CGE), using a set-up extending the GTAP stan [...]

Mechanization is one of the key ingredients for achieving high agricultural productivity. Despite its importance, there is currently no globally comprehensive information [...]

Mixed Integer programming (MIP) is frequently used in agricultural economics to solve farm-level optimization problems, but it can be computationally intensive especially [...]

This paper assesses the potential market-mediated impacts, including global Land Use Change (LUC) and GHG emissions, from increased subsidies to pastureland-based livesto [...]

A vivid debate is ongoing in the scientific community about statistical malpractice and the related publication bias. No general consensus exists on the consequences and [...]

In bio-economic farm models, crop choices are generally depicted as shares of land types which are aggregates of plots with similar characteristics. The ongoing process o [...]

Climate change impacts on agricultural production will shape the challenges of reaching food security and reducing poverty across households in the future. Existing liter [...]

Deciding on which crop to plant on a field and how to fertilize it has become increasingly complex as volatile markets, location factors as well as policy restrictions ne [...]

ABMSIM, an agent-based model, is extended and applied to model short- and long-distance manure transports induced by the revised German Fertilization Ordinance (FO). It q [...]