European Review Of Agricultural Economics Research Articles

European review of agricultural economics—50th anniversary retrospective

Abstract In this article, we celebrate the first 50 years of the European Review of Agricultural Economics. We intend to convey some understanding of how the interests of European Review of Agricultural Economics (ERAE) readers change over time as a reflection of how shifting interests show up in our research. To document how the issues, methods, and content of the ERAE evolve over time, we summarise the content of the top-cited articles by decade. We conclude with a summary, and our thoughts as to where applied economics research in the Review may go over the next 50 years.

The editors and the Editorial Board of the European Review of Agricultural Economics would like to thank the colleagues below who acted as referees during the period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Journal Article The editors and the Editorial Board of the European Review of Agricultural Economics would like to thank the colleagues below who acted as referees during the period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. Get access European Review of Agricultural Economics, Volume 49, Issue 1, January 2022, Pages 285–288, https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbab056 Published: 10 January 2022 Article history Received: 08 December 2021 Corrected and typeset: 10 January 2022 Published: 10 January 2022

List of Reviewers

Journal Article List of Reviewers Get access European Review of Agricultural Economics, Volume 46, Issue 5, December 2019, Pages 923–926, https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbz043 Published: 10 December 2019 Article history Received: 21 March 2018 Revision received: 12 August 2019 Accepted: 15 August 2019 Published: 10 December 2019

List of Reviewers

Journal Article List of Reviewers Get access European Review of Agricultural Economics, Volume 45, Issue 5, December 2018, Pages 879–883, https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jby040 Published: 02 November 2018 Article history Received: 25 September 2018 Published: 02 November 2018

The demands they are a-changin’

This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in European Review of Agricultural Economics following peer review. The version of record Braekkan, E.H., Thyholdt, S.B., Asche, F. & Myrland, O.M. (2018). The demands they are a-changin'. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 45(4), 531-552, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jby003 .

The European Review of Agricultural Economics is searching for a book review editor

The European Review of Agricultural Economics is searching for a book review editor

Editor of the European Review of Agricultural Economics (ERAE) Starting September 2018

Editor of the European Review of Agricultural Economics (ERAE) Starting September 2018

List of Reviewers

Journal Article List of Reviewers Get access European Review of Agricultural Economics, Volume 44, Issue 5, December 2017, Pages 883–886, https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbx030 Published: 06 November 2017

Editor of the European Review of Agricultural Economics (ERAE) starting September 2017

Editor of the <i>European Review of Agricultural Economics</i> (ERAE) starting September 2017

List of Referees

Journal Article List of Referees Get access European Review of Agricultural Economics, Volume 42, Issue 5, December 2015, Pages 875–878, https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbv029 Published: 29 October 2015

Climate change and agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa: a spatial sample selection model

Using spatially explicit data, we estimate a cereal yield response function using a recently developed estimator for spatial error models when endogenous sample selection is of concern. Our results suggest that yields across Sub-Saharan Africa will decline with projected climatic changes, and that failing to control for sample selection and spatially correlated errors leads to biased estimates of some climate impacts. We also find evidence that the estimated elasticities are essentially no different from those of simpler models ignoring those features in the data. Simulation experiments indicate the extent to which improvements in irrigation can ameliorate the effects of climate change. © Oxford University Press and Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics 2013.

Vacancy Announcement: Editor of the European Review of Agricultural Economics (ERAE) starting September 2013

Vacancy Announcement: Editor of the European Review of Agricultural Economics (ERAE) starting September 2013

The effect of preferential trade agreements on monthly fruit exports to the European Union

This study assesses the effect of preferential trade agreements on monthly exports of fresh grapes, pears, apples, oranges and mandarins to the European Union (EU) during 2001--2004, using a gravity model. Preference margins are calculated to include quotas and the entry price system, and the model recognises that countries may have a choice among preferential schemes. The econometric methodology controls for heterogeneity, endogeneity and zero-trade flows. The effect of EU preferential policies is found to vary by commodity. The Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) seems to increase exports to the EU of fresh grapes only, while exports to the EU of oranges are favoured by the Cotonou Agreement. Regional trade agreements appear effective in expanding EU-bound exports from eligible countries for all fruits except oranges. Oxford University Press and Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics 2011; all rights reserved. For permissions, please email journals.permissions@oup.com, Oxford University Press.

Modelling pig sector dynamic adjustment to livestock epidemics with stochastic-duration trade disruptions

We use a stochastic dynamic programming model to simulate the market implications of alternative foot and mouth disease scenarios in the Finnish pig sector. The model considers the dynamics of animal stock adjustment and price movements when the duration of export disruptions is unknown. Explicit treatment of these issues is crucial in the economic analysis of livestock epidemics, especially if there is a risk of a prolonged export ban. Results suggest that the risk of a prolonged ban increases disease losses considerably. It also increases economic benefits from production adjustments. Oxford University Press and Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics 2010; all rights reserved. For permissions, please email journals.permissions@oup.com, Oxford University Press.

A general two-constraint model of consumer demand

We generalise a two-constraint model of consumer demand so as to make utility a function of both consumption of the good and the time allocated to consumption, to accommodate the fact that the consumer may derive utility from the time spent acquiring and/or consuming the good. We use the comparative static results to specify demand systems consistent with this theory and develop an econometric approach to estimate the demand parameters. The model is used to obtain empirical demand functions for customers visiting pick-your-own fruit farms, where customers choose between harvesting fruit themselves and buying pre-harvested fruit on the farm. Oxford University Press and Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics 2010; all rights reserved. For permissions, please email journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org, Oxford University Press.

Preferences for fairness and equity in the food system

Consumers have shown an increasing interest in not only how their food is produced, but also who benefits from their food purchase. In some cases, such as organics, food is marketed as being produced in an 'equitable' food system. But are consumers willing to pay for a fair food system? Using a model of inequality aversion and a set of real-money experiments, we find that about 15 per cent of consumers' willingness-to-pay a premium for organic foods is attributable to altruism and inequality aversion. The fairness premium is significantly influenced by who receives this premium, how much the consumer earns, and how the experiment is framed. Oxford University Press and Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics 2010; all rights reserved. For permissions, please email journals.permissions@oup.com, Oxford University Press.

Vacancy Announcement: Two Editors of the European Review of Agricultural Economics (ERAE) starting September 2011 and September 2012

Journal Article Vacancy Announcement: Two Editors of the European Review of Agricultural Economics (ERAE) starting September 2011 and September 2012 Get access European Review of Agricultural Economics, Volume 37, Issue 3, September 2010, Pages 289–291, https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbq031 Published: 01 September 2010

Scale efficiency in Danish agriculture: an input distance-function approach

This paper presents the results of an analysis that predicts the scale efficiency of individual farms and analyses the differences in scale efficiency over time and between farms. Representative farm account data for 1985--2006 are used, and the study applies stochastic frontier analysis using an input distance--function approach. The results show that pig farms have improved their input scale efficiency significantly over time, as have dairy farms during the last few years after a period of constant scale efficiency. Crop farms have the lowest scale efficiency, and there is a considerable potential for improving productivity in the cash crop sector by increasing the size of the farms. It is shown that a change in scale efficiency and technological change are the major components of aggregate productivity changes for all farm types. Oxford University Press and Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics 2010; all rights reserved. For permissions, please email journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org, Oxford University Press.

Targeting ability and output controls in Australia's multi-species Northern Prawn Fishery

The degree to which individual species can be targeted will influence how quotas are set in multi-species fisheries managed through individual transferable quotas (ITQs). In this paper, a multi-output distance function is used to examine fishers' ability to control output mix in a fishery about to move to ITQ management. The parameters of the model are estimated using Bayesian techniques, with monotonicity and homogeneity conditions imposed to ensure theoretical consistency. The results suggest that the ability of fishers to change their output mix is relatively limited, and a single quota may be sufficient to control catches of the key species. Oxford University Press and Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics 2010; all rights reserved. For permissions, please email journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org, Oxford University Press.

Cost-benefit tests for GHG emissions from biofuel production

Biofuel greenhouse gas (GHG)-reduction standards calculated via life-cycle assessment are shown to be biased, even when indirect land-use change is included, because they are based on physical GHG emissions and uptakes and on simple aggregates of balances. We offer a GHG-reduction standard for biofuel production free of these biases, expressed for a range of discount rates and an upper bound on the GHG payback period. A numerical example, based on previously used data, reveals that converting two land types into ethanol in Brazil satisfies our biofuel emissions test, whereas in the United States no land type satisfies our criterion. Oxford University Press and Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics 2010; all rights reserved. For permissions, please email journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org, Oxford University Press.