Structural Change in Agriculture/Strukturwandel im Agrarsektor (SiAg) Working Papers

Due to strong changes in general economic conditions and increasing market volatility, a higher level of investments and disinvestments in the dairy sector can be observe [...]

Die einzelbetrieblichen Auswirkungen politischer Reformen beschäftigen (Agrar)Ökonomen seit Langem und sind aufgrund der anstehenden Reform der gemeinsamen EU-Agrarpoli [...]

This paper examines the impact of technical efficiency on the optimal exit timing of firms in a stochastic dynamic framework. While an extensive literature deals with exi [...]

We experimentally investigate gender- and occupation-specific differences in market entry behavior and test whether female entrepreneurs are more willing to take strategi [...]

Business-owners often postpone disinvestment decisions even when future profits are not expected to compensate for current losses. We use an experiment to study one possi [...]

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of direct payments and rural development measures of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on employment in agri [...]

In this paper we analyse agricultural land prices in the German Federal State of Brandenburg within the period 2000-2011. Our objective is to understand the price formati [...]

In this paper we develop a theoretical model that links dynamic efficiency measurement and optimal investment under uncertainty. It is widely acknowledged that uncertaint [...]

Politicians and farm lobbyists frequently use the argument that agricultural policy is necessary to safeguard jobs in agriculture. We explore whether this is true by cond [...]

We analyze the effects of prior gain and loss experiences on individuals’ behavior in two coordination games: battle of the sexes and simultaneous market entry. We propos [...]