@article{Salamon:97709,
      recid = {97709},
      author = {Salamon, Petra and Chantreuil, Frederic and Donnellan,  Trevor and Erjavec, Emil and Esposti, Roberto and Hanrahan,  Kevin F. and van Leeuwen, Myrna and Bouma, Foppe and Dol,  Wietse and Salputra, Guna},
      title = {How to deal with the challenges of linking a large number  of individual national models: the case of the AGMEMOD  Partnership},
      journal = {German Journal of Agricultural Economics},
      address = {2008},
      number = {670-2016-45724},
      pages = {6},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {The AGMEMOD Partnership seeks to capture the inherent  existing
heterogeneity of agricultural systems by linking  together individual
EU Member State models, an aggregated  EU model and several
accession countries into one single  model, while still maintaining
analytical consistency.  Although this approach facilitates the comparison
of the  impact of a policy change across different Member
States,  it generates challenges in practical implementation,  ranging
from significant communication and administration  requirements, to
aggregation and consistency issues. This  contribution provides
insights into the different  challenges posed to the scientists and
discusses the key  issues for maintenance and further development
of such a  complex system. Specific attention is paid to  technical
devices and tools as well as to the design of  institutional settings to
achieve consistency.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/97709},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.97709},
}