@article{Francksen:97596,
      recid = {97596},
      author = {Francksen, Tammo and Latacz-Lohmann, Uwe},
      title = {Evaluierung von Agrarumweltprogrammen auf Grundlage der  Umwelteffizienz landwirtschaftlicher Betriebe},
      journal = {German Journal of Agricultural Economics},
      address = {2008},
      number = {670-2016-45706},
      pages = {12},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {This paper sets out to develop an economic framework for  ex post evaluations of agri-environmental schemes. We begin  by developing a non-parametric model for estimating  farm-level environmental efficiency scores. We then use  this efficiency framework to devise a set of economic  criteria for evaluating agri-environmental schemes. One key  criterion is whether an environmental scheme has given rise  to an increase in environmental efficiency scores across  participating farms, relative to a counterfactual group of  non participants. We finally demonstrate the potential  usefulness of the framework by applying it to a fictitious  multiple-objective conservation programme. The dataset is  made up of 100 fictitious farms, half of which participate  in the environmental programme. Each farm is characterised  by a set of financial and environmental performance  indicators. The results of this mock evaluation show that  the proposed evaluation framework generates useful insights  into the performance of the scheme and permits  identification of potential improvements.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/97596},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.97596},
}