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- Rommel, Jens
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A note on European farmers' preferences under cumulative prospect theory
- 2024
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Ingår i: Journal of Agricultural Economics. - 0021-857X .- 1477-9552. ; 75, s. 465-472
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Explaining farmer decision making using cumulative prospect theory is of increasing importance. We present a systematic review on European farmers' preferences under the cumulative prospect theory framework. We identified 17 studies covering 2324 farmers from 12 European countries. All studies report that (on average) farmers are: (i) risk averse, (ii) loss averse, and (iii) overweight small probabilities and underweight large probabilities. However, there is a large heterogeneity across and within studies. These findings have implications for the analysis and design of policy and insurance.
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- Rommel, Jens
(författare)
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Between farms and forks: Food industry perspectives on the future of EU food labelling
- 2024
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Ingår i: Ecological Economics. - 0921-8009 .- 1873-6106. ; 2017
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study assesses how information about the provision of ecosystem services can contribute to an integrative food labelling framework within the European Unions’ Farm to Fork Strategy. By applying Q-methodology with 43 food industry experts from four European member states – Germany, Poland, Spain, and Sweden –, we identify common viewpoints among food processors, retailers and labelling organisations. We find a consensus in support of introducing new food labels that would encourage farmers to deliver more ecosystem services, such as increased farm biodiversity. Applying factor analysis and using the qualitative information from the interviews, we derive three distinct prototypes of a future European food label: 1) a producer-driven ecosystem services label, 2) a consumer-oriented information label, and 3) a new EU sustainable food label. These label prototypes are partly country-specific and invoked by multiple stakeholder groups. We conclude that a future European Union food labelling framework must account for all three label prototypes. Policymakers are advised to embrace the diversity of viewpoints of food system actors, as they are the main drivers of the success and failure of labels.
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- Rommel, Jens
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Perspectives on stakeholder participation in the design of economic experiments for agricultural policymaking: Pros, cons, and twelve recommendations for researchers
- 2024
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Ingår i: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. - 2040-5790 .- 2040-5804. ; 46, s. 338-359
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Economic experiments have emerged as a powerful tool for agricultural policy evaluations. In this perspective, we argue that involving stakeholders in the design of economic experiments is critical to satisfy mandates for evidence-based policies and encourage policymakers' usage of experimental results. To identify advantages and disadvantages of involving stakeholders when designing experiments, we synthesize observations from six experiments in Europe and North America. In these experiments, the primary advantage was the ability to learn within realistic decision environments and thus make relevant policy recommendations. Disadvantages include complicated implementation and constraints on treatment design. We compile 12 recommendations for researchers.
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