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The instability of farm income. Empirical evidences on aggregation bias and heterogeneity among farm groups
Bio-based and Applied Economics
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The instability of farm income. Empirical evidences on aggregation bias and heterogeneity among farm groups
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Severini, Simone; Università degli Studi della Tuscia
Tantari, Antonella; Università degli Studi della Tuscia Di Tommaso, Giuliano; Università degli Studi della Tuscia |
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farm income; income instability and variability; aggregation bias; farm heterogeneity; risk management policies
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This paper analyses the instability of farm income experienced by a constant sample of Italian farms over the period 2003-2012. It assesses the extent of the aggregation bias due to the use of aggregated vs. single farm data and estimates the level of farm income variability in several groups of farms for the whole period and for two sub-periods. Differences between groups and periods are assessed by means of non-parametric tests. Results suggest that analyses based on aggregated farm data are likely going to strongly underestimate the extent of income variability faced by farmers. Income variability levels differ among farm groups and have significantly increased over the considered time. This has policy implications regarding the risk management tools recently introduced within the Rural Development Policies and how these should be targeted on the farms that more need them.
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Bio-based and Applied Economics
Bio-based and Applied Economics |
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2016-04-13
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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http://www.fupress.net/index.php/bae/article/view/16367
http://www.fupress.net/index.php/bae/article/download/16367/17033 10.13128/BAE-16367 |
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Bio-based and Applied Economics; Vol 5, No 1 (2016); 63-81
Bio-based and Applied Economics; Vol 5, No 1 (2016); 63-81 2280-6172 2280-6180 |
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eng
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10.13128/BAE-16367
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