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Dr. MARIA ESPINOSA
Economic Analysis and Public Policy Department, University of Sevilla, Spain

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Journal article
Published: 28 April 2021 in Economic Analysis and Policy
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To distinguish between respondents that have attended to/ignored an attribute in discrete choice experiments (DCE), Hess and Hensher (HH) apply the coefficient of variation of the conditional distribution, setting a threshold of 2 as a conservative rule of thumb. This paper develops an analytical framework (piecewise regression analysis — PWRA) to refine the HH approach, offering a flexible method to identify attribute non-attendance (ANA) in highly context-dependent DCE. It is empirically tested on a dataset used to value agricultural public goods. The results suggest that the identification of non-attendance and goodness of fit of different random parameter logit models that accommodate ANA are better when the framework developed in this research is applied. When comparing welfare estimates from the HH and PWRA approach, significant differences are observed. Consequently, the flexibility of the PWRA notably contributes to revealing context-specific ANA patterns that can help to provide more accurate welfare measures and therefore policy recommendations.

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María Espinosa-Goded; Macario Rodriguez-Entrena; Melania Salazar-Ordóñez. A straightforward diagnostic tool to identify attribute non-attendance in discrete choice experiments. Economic Analysis and Policy 2021, 71, 211 -226.

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María Espinosa-Goded, Macario Rodriguez-Entrena, Melania Salazar-Ordóñez. A straightforward diagnostic tool to identify attribute non-attendance in discrete choice experiments. Economic Analysis and Policy. 2021; 71 ():211-226.

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María Espinosa-Goded; Macario Rodriguez-Entrena; Melania Salazar-Ordóñez. 2021. "A straightforward diagnostic tool to identify attribute non-attendance in discrete choice experiments." Economic Analysis and Policy 71, no. : 211-226.

Journal article
Published: 16 October 2019 in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
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Maria Espinosa; Kamel Louhichi; Angel Perni; Pavel Ciaian. EU‐Wide Impacts of the 2013 CAP Direct Payments Reform: A Farm‐Level Analysis. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 2019, 42, 1 .

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Maria Espinosa, Kamel Louhichi, Angel Perni, Pavel Ciaian. EU‐Wide Impacts of the 2013 CAP Direct Payments Reform: A Farm‐Level Analysis. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 2019; 42 (4):1.

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Maria Espinosa; Kamel Louhichi; Angel Perni; Pavel Ciaian. 2019. "EU‐Wide Impacts of the 2013 CAP Direct Payments Reform: A Farm‐Level Analysis." Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 42, no. 4: 1.

Review
Published: 28 June 2018 in Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales
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Discrete choice experiments (DCE) normally include in their choice sets an option described as the status quo (i.e. no change to current situation; SQ). The literature has identified Status Quo Effect (SQE) as the systematic preference of the SQ over the alternatives that propose changes over and beyond what can be captured by the variation of attributes’ levels. In this paper, we conduct a meta-analysis of DCE applied in environmental policy to identify potential drivers of SQE. We find that accounting for heterogeneity in the econometric analysis, excluding protest responses and easing the choice’s cognitive burden reduce the presence of SQE.

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Jesus Barreiro-Hurle; Maria Espinosa-Goded; Jose Miguel Martinez-Paz; Angel Perni. Choosing not to choose: A meta-analysis of status quo effects in environmental valuations using choice experiments. Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales 2018, 18, 79 -109.

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Jesus Barreiro-Hurle, Maria Espinosa-Goded, Jose Miguel Martinez-Paz, Angel Perni. Choosing not to choose: A meta-analysis of status quo effects in environmental valuations using choice experiments. Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales. 2018; 18 (1):79-109.

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Jesus Barreiro-Hurle; Maria Espinosa-Goded; Jose Miguel Martinez-Paz; Angel Perni. 2018. "Choosing not to choose: A meta-analysis of status quo effects in environmental valuations using choice experiments." Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales 18, no. 1: 79-109.

Journal article
Published: 08 December 2017 in European Review of Agricultural Economics
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This paper presents the EU-wide individual farm-level model (IFM-CAP) applied to assess the economic effects of CAP greening. IFM-CAP is a static positive programming model developed to capture the full heterogeneity of EU farms in terms of policy representation and impacts. Simulation results show that, although the proportions of farms and utilised agricultural area (UAA) subject to CAP greening are sizeable (55 per cent of all farms and 86 per cent of UAA) at EU-27 level, the reallocated area caused by CAP greening represents only 4.5 per cent of UAA. Farm income and total production both decrease by 1 and 0.9 per cent, respectively. In total, around 29 per cent of the farm population is affected by CAP greening in the EU-27.

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Kamel Louhichi; Pavel Ciaian; Maria Espinosa; Angel Perni; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. Economic impacts of CAP greening: application of an EU-wide individual farm model for CAP analysis (IFM-CAP). European Review of Agricultural Economics 2017, 45, 205 -238.

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Kamel Louhichi, Pavel Ciaian, Maria Espinosa, Angel Perni, Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. Economic impacts of CAP greening: application of an EU-wide individual farm model for CAP analysis (IFM-CAP). European Review of Agricultural Economics. 2017; 45 (2):205-238.

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Kamel Louhichi; Pavel Ciaian; Maria Espinosa; Angel Perni; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. 2017. "Economic impacts of CAP greening: application of an EU-wide individual farm model for CAP analysis (IFM-CAP)." European Review of Agricultural Economics 45, no. 2: 205-238.

Journal article
Published: 20 October 2017 in Journal of Agricultural Economics
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We assess the effects of the 2013 CAP reform on the capitalisation of decoupled payments in land rental values. Our estimates suggest that the reform leads to an increase in the capitalisation of decoupled payments by an additional 18 cents for each Euro of decoupled payments relative to the pre-reform situation. However, there is an important variation in the reform effects between Member States (MS) particularly between Old Member States (OMS) and New MS (NMS). In NMS, the capitalisation rate slightly reduces from 83% in the pre-reform period to 79% in the post-reform period. Although, the rate is significantly lower in OMS, it doubles (from 21% to 43%) due to the reform. The main sources of the post-reform capitalisation in the European Union (EU) are the pre-reform capitalisation accounting for 69% of the total post-reform capitalisation, followed by the entitlement stock change with 19%, by the internal convergence of payments with 18%, the budget change (including external convergence) with 1%, and the differentiation of payments (redistributive payment) with −7%. Overall, our estimates suggest that on average in the EU, the non-farming landowners’ policy gains are 27% of the total decoupled payments in the post-reform period compared to 18% in the pre-reform period.

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Pavel Ciaian; D'artis Kancs; Maria Espinosa. The Impact of the 2013 CAP Reform on the Decoupled Payments’ Capitalisation into Land Values. Journal of Agricultural Economics 2017, 69, 306 -337.

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Pavel Ciaian, D'artis Kancs, Maria Espinosa. The Impact of the 2013 CAP Reform on the Decoupled Payments’ Capitalisation into Land Values. Journal of Agricultural Economics. 2017; 69 (2):306-337.

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Pavel Ciaian; D'artis Kancs; Maria Espinosa. 2017. "The Impact of the 2013 CAP Reform on the Decoupled Payments’ Capitalisation into Land Values." Journal of Agricultural Economics 69, no. 2: 306-337.

Book chapter
Published: 07 August 2017 in Public Policy in Agriculture
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Maria Espinosa; Kamel Louhichi; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. Does the post-2013 cap reduce the disparities in the distribution of decoupled payments across Europe?A farm-level assessment. Public Policy in Agriculture 2017, 169 -198.

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Maria Espinosa, Kamel Louhichi, Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. Does the post-2013 cap reduce the disparities in the distribution of decoupled payments across Europe?A farm-level assessment. Public Policy in Agriculture. 2017; ():169-198.

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Maria Espinosa; Kamel Louhichi; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. 2017. "Does the post-2013 cap reduce the disparities in the distribution of decoupled payments across Europe?A farm-level assessment." Public Policy in Agriculture , no. : 169-198.

Journal article
Published: 01 July 2017 in Land Use Policy
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Kamel Louhichi; Pavel Ciaian; Maria Espinosa; Liesbeth Colen; Angel Perni; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. Does the crop diversification measure impact EU farmers’ decisions? An assessment using an Individual Farm Model for CAP Analysis (IFM-CAP). Land Use Policy 2017, 66, 250 -264.

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Kamel Louhichi, Pavel Ciaian, Maria Espinosa, Liesbeth Colen, Angel Perni, Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. Does the crop diversification measure impact EU farmers’ decisions? An assessment using an Individual Farm Model for CAP Analysis (IFM-CAP). Land Use Policy. 2017; 66 ():250-264.

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Kamel Louhichi; Pavel Ciaian; Maria Espinosa; Liesbeth Colen; Angel Perni; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. 2017. "Does the crop diversification measure impact EU farmers’ decisions? An assessment using an Individual Farm Model for CAP Analysis (IFM-CAP)." Land Use Policy 66, no. : 250-264.

Journal article
Published: 01 December 2016 in Land Use Policy
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Alexander Gocht; Maria Espinosa; Adrian Leip; Emanuele Lugato; Lilli Aline Schroeder; Benjamin Van Doorslaer; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. A grassland strategy for farming systems in Europe to mitigate GHG emissions—An integrated spatially differentiated modelling approach. Land Use Policy 2016, 58, 318 -334.

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Alexander Gocht, Maria Espinosa, Adrian Leip, Emanuele Lugato, Lilli Aline Schroeder, Benjamin Van Doorslaer, Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. A grassland strategy for farming systems in Europe to mitigate GHG emissions—An integrated spatially differentiated modelling approach. Land Use Policy. 2016; 58 ():318-334.

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Alexander Gocht; Maria Espinosa; Adrian Leip; Emanuele Lugato; Lilli Aline Schroeder; Benjamin Van Doorslaer; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. 2016. "A grassland strategy for farming systems in Europe to mitigate GHG emissions—An integrated spatially differentiated modelling approach." Land Use Policy 58, no. : 318-334.

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Published: 01 November 2016 in Journal of Policy Modeling
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This paper analyses the impact of incorporating farm structural change in the baseline of the partial equilibrium model CAPRI-FT (Common Agricultural Policy Regionalised Impact System-Farm Type). Structural change is defined as the change in the number of farms in a specific farm typology (defined by farm specialisation, region and economic size). In this study it has been assessed the changes derived from incorporating the exogenous estimated structural change in the CAPRI-FT baseline. In particular three different approaches have been compared with the naïve approach in which no structural change is considered. We apply a Bayesian motivated estimation framework, which treats the available information for each farm type as a random variable in the mathematical programming model. The comparison of the three approaches with the naïve baseline demonstrates that the incorporation of farm structural change has an effect in the area, herd size and economic size unit distribution in the farms types. These results highlights the need of incorporating farm structural adjustments in the ex-ante policy modelling exercises assessing the Common Agricultural Policy.

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Maria Espinosa; Alexander Gocht; Thomas Heckelei; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. Incorporating farm structural change in models assessing the Common Agricultural Policy: An application in the CAPRI farm type model. Journal of Policy Modeling 2016, 38, 1040 -1059.

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Maria Espinosa, Alexander Gocht, Thomas Heckelei, Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. Incorporating farm structural change in models assessing the Common Agricultural Policy: An application in the CAPRI farm type model. Journal of Policy Modeling. 2016; 38 (6):1040-1059.

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Maria Espinosa; Alexander Gocht; Thomas Heckelei; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. 2016. "Incorporating farm structural change in models assessing the Common Agricultural Policy: An application in the CAPRI farm type model." Journal of Policy Modeling 38, no. 6: 1040-1059.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2016 in Land Use Policy
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Highlights•Macro-regional patterns of public good provision by EU agriculture are revealed.•Landscape and agricultural diversity explain patterns of public good provision.•Context-rich scenarios are developed to value public goods of EU agriculture. AbstractAgricultural landscapes deliver multiple, highly valued goods such as cultural amenities, biodiversity conservation and climate stability. These goods are often delivered as side-effects of farmers' production decisions driven by broad-scale, supranational changes in agricultural, trade or other policies. Human well-being is thus affected in ways not taken into account in these macro-policy decisions. To avoid this policy failure, there is a growing demand for the valuation of broad-scale changes in public goods by the general public. For this purpose, context-rich valuation scenarios at this broad scale need to be developed which are empirically-based, policy-relevant and understandable by the general public. In this way, respondents are focused on actual trade-offs rather than invited to give symbolic reactions. This paper presents and discusses a valuation framework developed to fulfil these criteria. The approach is based on a typology of Macro-Regional Agri-Environmental Problems (MRAEP). Each MRAEP is defined by: (1) prevailing farming systems and agricultural landscapes; (2) current levels of public-good delivery; (3) expected direction of land-use change; and (4) expected effects of such change on public-good provision in each macro-region. Multivariate analysis of EU-wide data on agricultural landscapes and farming-systems led to identify thirteen macro-regions in the EU. Current public-good provision was described using public-good indicators. Only those public goods that are expected to change or could be improved by available policy options (core public goods) were used to generate choice alternatives for survey respondents. The paper ends by discussing innovative elements in the proposed approach, achievements, shortcomings and possible policy uses.

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José Lima Santos; Lívia Madureira; Ana C Ferreira; Maria Espinosa; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. Building an empirically-based framework to value multiple public goods of agriculture at broad supranational scales. Land Use Policy 2016, 53, 56 -70.

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José Lima Santos, Lívia Madureira, Ana C Ferreira, Maria Espinosa, Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. Building an empirically-based framework to value multiple public goods of agriculture at broad supranational scales. Land Use Policy. 2016; 53 ():56-70.

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José Lima Santos; Lívia Madureira; Ana C Ferreira; Maria Espinosa; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. 2016. "Building an empirically-based framework to value multiple public goods of agriculture at broad supranational scales." Land Use Policy 53, no. : 56-70.

Preprint
Published: 01 January 2015
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This paper presents simulation results of crop diversification measure adopted as part of the CAP greening within the 2013 CAP reform. The simulations are performed using the EU-wide individual farm-based model for CAP analysis (IFM-CAP). The IFM-CAP model is a static positive mathematical programming model builds on the EU-FADN (Farm Accountancy Data Network) data. The model is calibrated to the FADN farm constant sample for 2007- 2009 representing around 60,500 individual farms. The advantage of this model relative to existing models is that it captures the full heterogeneity of the EU farm population and covering all Member States. Results show that most farms choose to increase their compliance with the diversification measure owing to the sizable subsidy reduction imposed in case of non-compliance. However, the overall impact on farm income is rather limited: farm income decreases by less than 1% at EU level, and only 5% of the farm population will be negatively affected. Nevertheless, for a small number of farms the income effect could be more substantial (more than -10%).

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Kamel Louhichi; Pavel Ciaian; María Espinosa; Liesbeth Colen; Ángel Perni; Sergio Paloma. The Impact of Crop Diversification Measure: EU-wide Evidence Based on IFM-CAP Model. 2015, 1 .

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Kamel Louhichi, Pavel Ciaian, María Espinosa, Liesbeth Colen, Ángel Perni, Sergio Paloma. The Impact of Crop Diversification Measure: EU-wide Evidence Based on IFM-CAP Model. . 2015; ():1.

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Kamel Louhichi; Pavel Ciaian; María Espinosa; Liesbeth Colen; Ángel Perni; Sergio Paloma. 2015. "The Impact of Crop Diversification Measure: EU-wide Evidence Based on IFM-CAP Model." , no. : 1.

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Published: 01 January 2015
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This paper assesses the impact of an EU-wide policy to expand grassland area and increase carbon sequestration in soils. The paper uses the economic Common Agricultural Policy Regionalized Impact (CAPRI) model which represents the EU Agriculture by 2,450 mathematical programming farm type models in combination with the biogeochemistry model CENTURY which determines the carbon sequestration at a high resolution level. Both models are linked at the NUTS3 level using the location information in the Farm Accounting Data Network. We simulated a grassland premium such that farmers increase grassland by 5% cost efficiently, whereas we assumed that farmers with lower costs can contribute more. Our findings are that the GHG mitigation potential and costs depend on carbon sequestration rates, the land market and the induced land use changes, and the regional agricultural production structure. The overall net effect in Europe simulated with the model is a reduction of 4.3 Mio t CO2e (equivalents) when converting 2.9 Mio ha into grassland. A premium was calculated so that farmers increase grassland voluntary. It amounts on average to 238 EUR/ha, summing up to a total cost of 417 Mio EUR. The net abatement costs are based on the premium payments and account on average 97 EUR/t CO2e. Substantial carbon sequestration (28% of the total sequestration) can be achieved already with 50 EUR/t CO2e. The carbon sequestration would be most effective in regions in France, Italy and Spain, the Netherlands and Germany. Larger farms and farm types specialized in cereals and protein crops, mixed field cropping, granivores and the mixed crops-livestock farming have the highest potential to relatively low costs.

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Alexander Gocht; María Espinosa; Adrian Leip; Emanuele Lugato; Lilli Aline Schroeder; Benjamin Van Doorslaer; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. A Grassland strategy for farming systems in Europe to mitigate GHG emissions - An integrated spatially differentiated modelling approach. 2015, 1 .

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Alexander Gocht, María Espinosa, Adrian Leip, Emanuele Lugato, Lilli Aline Schroeder, Benjamin Van Doorslaer, Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. A Grassland strategy for farming systems in Europe to mitigate GHG emissions - An integrated spatially differentiated modelling approach. . 2015; ():1.

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Alexander Gocht; María Espinosa; Adrian Leip; Emanuele Lugato; Lilli Aline Schroeder; Benjamin Van Doorslaer; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. 2015. "A Grassland strategy for farming systems in Europe to mitigate GHG emissions - An integrated spatially differentiated modelling approach." , no. : 1.

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Published: 01 January 2015
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This paper presents the first EU-wide individual farm-level model (IFM-CAP) intending to assess the impacts of CAP towards 2020 on farm economic and environmental performances across Europe. IFM-CAP is a static positive programming model applied to each EU-FADN individual farm -around 60500 farms- to guarantee the highest representativeness of the EU agricultural sector and to capture the full heterogeneity across EU farms in terms of policy representation and impacts. The model is used to assess the effects of the crop diversification measure, given that it is one of the most challenging aspects of the EU greening policy in terms of modelling and because of the farm-specificity of its implementation and impact. Results show that most non-compliant farms (80 %) chose to reduce their level of non-compliance following the introduction of the diversification measure owing to the sizable subsidy reduction imposed in case of non-compliance. However, the overall impact on farm income is rather limited: farm income decreases by less than 1 % at EU level, and only 5 % of the farm population will be negatively affected. Nevertheless, for a small number of farms, the income effect could be more substantial (more than –10 %).

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Kamel Louhichi; Pavel Ciaian; María Espinosa; Liesbeth Colen; Ángel Perni; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. Farm-level economic impacts of EU-CAP greening measures. 2015, 1 .

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Kamel Louhichi, Pavel Ciaian, María Espinosa, Liesbeth Colen, Ángel Perni, Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. Farm-level economic impacts of EU-CAP greening measures. . 2015; ():1.

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Kamel Louhichi; Pavel Ciaian; María Espinosa; Liesbeth Colen; Ángel Perni; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. 2015. "Farm-level economic impacts of EU-CAP greening measures." , no. : 1.

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Published: 01 January 2015
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This report presents the first EU-wide individual farm-level model (IFM-CAP) aiming to assess the impacts of CAP on farm economic and environmental performance. The rationale for such a farm-level model is based on the increasing demand for a micro-simulation tool able to model farm-specific policies and to capture farm heterogeneity across the EU in terms of policy representation and impacts. Based on positive mathematical programming, IFM-CAP seeks to improve the quality of policy assessment upon existing aggregate and aggregated farm-group models and to assess distributional effects over the EU farm population. To guarantee the highest representativeness of the EU agricultural sector, the model is applied to every EU-FADN (Farm Accountancy Data Network) individual farm (around 60 500 farms). The report provides a detailed description of the IFM-CAP model prototype in terms of design, mathematical structure, data preparation, modelling livestock activities, allocation of input costs and the calibration process. The theoretical background, the technical specification and the outputs that can be generated from this prototype are also briefly presented and discussed. The report also presents an application of the model to the assessment of the effects of the crop diversification measure. The results show that most non-compliant farms (80 %) chose to reduce their level of non-compliance following the introduction of the diversification measure owing to the sizable subsidy reduction imposed. However, the overall impact on farm income is rather limited: farm income decreases by less than 1 % at EU level, and only 5 % of the farm population will be negatively affected. Nevertheless, for a small number of farms, the income effect could be more substantial (more than –10 %).

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Kamel Louhichi; Pavel Ciaian; María Espinosa; Liesbeth Colen; Ángel Perni; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. Individual Farm Model for Common Agricultural Policy Analysis (IFM-CAP). 2015, 1 .

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Kamel Louhichi, Pavel Ciaian, María Espinosa, Liesbeth Colen, Ángel Perni, Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. Individual Farm Model for Common Agricultural Policy Analysis (IFM-CAP). . 2015; ():1.

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Kamel Louhichi; Pavel Ciaian; María Espinosa; Liesbeth Colen; Ángel Perni; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. 2015. "Individual Farm Model for Common Agricultural Policy Analysis (IFM-CAP)." , no. : 1.

Preprint
Published: 01 January 2015
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This paper presents the first EU-wide individual farm level model (IFM-CAP) intending to assess the impacts of CAP towards 2020 on farm economic and environmental performances. IFM-CAP is a static positive programming model applied to each EU-FADN individual farm to guarantee the highest representativeness of the EU agricultural sector and to capture the full heterogeneity across EU farms in terms of policy representation and impacts. The model is used to assess the effects of the crop diversification measure. Results show that most farms choose to comply with the diversification measure owing to the sizable subsidy reduction imposed in case of non-compliance. However, the overall impact on farm income is rather limited: farm income decreases by less than 1% at EU level, and only 5% of the farm population will be negatively affected. Nevertheless, for a small number of farms the income effect could be more substantial (more than -10%).

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Kamel Louhichi; Pavel Ciaian; María Espinosa; Liesbeth Colen; Ángel Perni; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. EU-wide individual Farm Model for CAP Analysis (IFM-CAP): Application to Crop Diversification Policy. 2015, 1 .

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Kamel Louhichi, Pavel Ciaian, María Espinosa, Liesbeth Colen, Ángel Perni, Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. EU-wide individual Farm Model for CAP Analysis (IFM-CAP): Application to Crop Diversification Policy. . 2015; ():1.

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Kamel Louhichi; Pavel Ciaian; María Espinosa; Liesbeth Colen; Ángel Perni; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. 2015. "EU-wide individual Farm Model for CAP Analysis (IFM-CAP): Application to Crop Diversification Policy." , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 21 March 2014 in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
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During the last 50 years, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has impacted the evolution of European agricultural landscapes by driving changes in land use and farming practices. We propose a typology characterising the scales relevant for agricultural landscapes management and argue that action is required on three scales: (1) a landscape oriented management at the farm level; (2) the coordination of land managers’ actions at the landscape level; and (3) the conservation of the diversity of agricultural landscapes in the EU. We provide evidence that until now the CAP has mainly focused on the first scale. We also illustrate how agricultural policy could encourage coordinated actions at the landscape- and EU-scales. In particular, we propose policy instruments to coordinate actions of individual land owners (e.g. collective bonus in agro-environmental contracts or support to environmental cooperatives (scale 2)). We also analyse how the recognition and transposition of the European Landscape Convention could promote trans-frontier landscape cooperation in order, not only to conserve high-quality rural landscapes, but also to ensure the conservation of the diversity of EU landscapes (scale 3). This paper provides a knowledge base to support an integrated CAP design in the direction of improved landscape management, as an important component of the EU project towards more sustainable agriculture.

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Marianne Lefebvre; Maria Espinosa; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma; Maria Luisa Paracchini; Annette Piorr; Ingo Zasada. Agricultural landscapes as multi-scale public good and the role of the Common Agricultural Policy. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2014, 58, 2088 -2112.

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Marianne Lefebvre, Maria Espinosa, Sergio Gomez Y Paloma, Maria Luisa Paracchini, Annette Piorr, Ingo Zasada. Agricultural landscapes as multi-scale public good and the role of the Common Agricultural Policy. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 2014; 58 (12):2088-2112.

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Marianne Lefebvre; Maria Espinosa; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma; Maria Luisa Paracchini; Annette Piorr; Ingo Zasada. 2014. "Agricultural landscapes as multi-scale public good and the role of the Common Agricultural Policy." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 58, no. 12: 2088-2112.

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Published: 01 March 2014 in Ecological Economics
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Agriculture is a key sector for climate change mitigation strategies due to its CO2 sequestration potential. However, in order to increase mitigation changes in current crop and land management are required, which in many cases imply additional costs to farmers. Thus, this research assesses society's willingness to pay using a discrete choice analysis for a soil management programme in Andalusian olive groves identifying different groups based on preference heterogeneity. We identify three groups and characterise them on the basis of socio-demographics. Willingness to pay is higher in areas and for individuals who would directly benefit from the programme. Additionally, the ancillary benefits associated to carbon sequestration capture an important share of the overall benefits. Our results show that soil carbon sequestration in olive groves provides net social value and can be a cheap and cost-effective way of combating climate change.JRC.J.4-Agriculture and Life Sciences in the Econom

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Macario Rodriguez-Entrena; Maria Espinosa; Jesus Barreiro-Hurle. The role of ancillary benefits on the value of agricultural soils carbon sequestration programmes: Evidence from a latent class approach to Andalusian olive groves. Ecological Economics 2014, 99, 63 -73.

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Macario Rodriguez-Entrena, Maria Espinosa, Jesus Barreiro-Hurle. The role of ancillary benefits on the value of agricultural soils carbon sequestration programmes: Evidence from a latent class approach to Andalusian olive groves. Ecological Economics. 2014; 99 ():63-73.

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Macario Rodriguez-Entrena; Maria Espinosa; Jesus Barreiro-Hurle. 2014. "The role of ancillary benefits on the value of agricultural soils carbon sequestration programmes: Evidence from a latent class approach to Andalusian olive groves." Ecological Economics 99, no. : 63-73.

Preprint
Published: 01 January 2014
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We use a Multiplicative Competitive Interaction (MCI) model, a popular approach in marketing research, to explain the change in farm specialization over time. The change in farm specialization is measured by the variations of the Standard Gross Margin (SGM) shares. The model is applied to the German Farm Accountancy Data (FADN) using the years 1990 until 2008. Therefore, a MCI model was developed using various lagged explanatory variables, evaluated using a forward selection based on log likelihood ratio test. Using an in-sample forecast the approach correctly predicts 99% of the farm specialization development.

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Sebastian Neuenfeldt; Norbert Röder; Alexander Gocht; María Espinosa; S. Gomez Y Paloma. Using market share and multiplicative competitive interaction models to explain structural change in the German agricultural sector. 2014, 1 .

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Sebastian Neuenfeldt, Norbert Röder, Alexander Gocht, María Espinosa, S. Gomez Y Paloma. Using market share and multiplicative competitive interaction models to explain structural change in the German agricultural sector. . 2014; ():1.

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Sebastian Neuenfeldt; Norbert Röder; Alexander Gocht; María Espinosa; S. Gomez Y Paloma. 2014. "Using market share and multiplicative competitive interaction models to explain structural change in the German agricultural sector." , no. : 1.

Review
Published: 25 October 2013 in Agronomy for Sustainable Development
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Since the 1950s, intensification and scale enlargement of agriculture have changed agricultural landscapes across Europe. The intensification and scale enlargement of farming was initially driven by the large-scale application of synthetic fertilizers, mechanization and subsidies of the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Then, after the 1990s, a further intensification and scale enlargement, and land abandonment in less favored areas was caused by globalization of commodity markets and CAP reforms. The landscape changes during the past six decades have changed the flows and values of ecosystem services. Here, we have reviewed the literature on agricultural policies and management, landscape structure and composition, and the contribution of ecosystem services to regional competitiveness. The objective was to define an analytical framework to determine and assess ecosystem services at the landscape scale. In contrast to natural ecosystems, ecosystem service flows and values in agricultural landscapes are often a result of interactions between agricultural management and ecological structures. We describe how land management by farmers and other land managers relates to landscape structure and composition. We also examine the influence of commodity markets and policies on the behavior of land managers. Additionally, we studied the influence of consumer demand on flows and values of the ecosystem services that originate from the agricultural landscape.

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Boris T. Van Zanten; Peter Verburg; Maria Espinosa; Sergio Gomez-Y-Paloma; Giuliano Galimberti; Jochen Kantelhardt; Martin Kapfer; Marianne Lefebvre; Rosa Manrique; Annette Piorr; Meri Raggi; Lena Schaller; Stefano Targetti; Ingo Zasada; Davide Viaggi. European agricultural landscapes, common agricultural policy and ecosystem services: a review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development 2013, 34, 309 -325.

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Boris T. Van Zanten, Peter Verburg, Maria Espinosa, Sergio Gomez-Y-Paloma, Giuliano Galimberti, Jochen Kantelhardt, Martin Kapfer, Marianne Lefebvre, Rosa Manrique, Annette Piorr, Meri Raggi, Lena Schaller, Stefano Targetti, Ingo Zasada, Davide Viaggi. European agricultural landscapes, common agricultural policy and ecosystem services: a review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 2013; 34 (2):309-325.

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Boris T. Van Zanten; Peter Verburg; Maria Espinosa; Sergio Gomez-Y-Paloma; Giuliano Galimberti; Jochen Kantelhardt; Martin Kapfer; Marianne Lefebvre; Rosa Manrique; Annette Piorr; Meri Raggi; Lena Schaller; Stefano Targetti; Ingo Zasada; Davide Viaggi. 2013. "European agricultural landscapes, common agricultural policy and ecosystem services: a review." Agronomy for Sustainable Development 34, no. 2: 309-325.

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Published: 08 April 2013 in European Planning Studies
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A recursive dynamic regional Computable General Equilibrium model is developed to assess the economic impacts of two Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) scenarios in six NUTS-3 (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) (NUTS-1: major socio-economic regions, NUTS-2: basic regions for the application of regional policies, NUTS-3: small regions for specific diagnoses) regions of the European Union (EU). The main goal of the analysis is to assess the scenario effects (change in production, prices, income, employment) in the rural and urban parts of these regions as well as on the different sectors. The two scenarios analysed are related to a 30% reduction in Pillar 1 (market measures and direct support to farmers) support and the introduction of an EU-wide flat rate level of Pillar 1 support complemented by a 45% increase in Pillar 2 (Rural Development Policy) funds. Results show that the overall gross domestic product effects are not significant, due to the relatively low importance of both the agricultural sector and CAP spending in the regional economies. However, impacts on the agricultural sector are quite important and differ according to the nature of the policy shock. Also, the structural characteristics of each case study influence the rural–urban and sectoral spillovers, including impacts on region-specific agricultural activity.

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Maria Espinosa; Demetrios Psaltopoulos; Fabien Santini; Euan Phimister; Deborah Roberts; Sebastien Mary; Tomas Ratinger; Dimitris Skuras; Eudokia Balamou; Manuel Alejandro Cardenete; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. Ex-AnteAnalysis of the Regional Impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy: A Rural–Urban Recursive Dynamic CGE Model Approach. European Planning Studies 2013, 22, 1342 -1367.

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Maria Espinosa, Demetrios Psaltopoulos, Fabien Santini, Euan Phimister, Deborah Roberts, Sebastien Mary, Tomas Ratinger, Dimitris Skuras, Eudokia Balamou, Manuel Alejandro Cardenete, Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. Ex-AnteAnalysis of the Regional Impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy: A Rural–Urban Recursive Dynamic CGE Model Approach. European Planning Studies. 2013; 22 (7):1342-1367.

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Maria Espinosa; Demetrios Psaltopoulos; Fabien Santini; Euan Phimister; Deborah Roberts; Sebastien Mary; Tomas Ratinger; Dimitris Skuras; Eudokia Balamou; Manuel Alejandro Cardenete; Sergio Gomez Y Paloma. 2013. "Ex-AnteAnalysis of the Regional Impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy: A Rural–Urban Recursive Dynamic CGE Model Approach." European Planning Studies 22, no. 7: 1342-1367.