1. Price Insurance, Moral Hazard and Agri-environmental Policy
- Author
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Fraser, Rob W.
- Subjects
Risk and Uncertainty ,Demand and Price Analysis ,sense organs ,Environmental Economics and Policy - Abstract
Motivated by recent EC proposals to “strengthen risk management tools” in the CAP in relation to farmers’ increased exposure to market price risk, this paper draws attention to a potential negative consequence of such a change in the CAP – an associated increase in cheating behaviour by farmers in the context of environmental stewardship. A theoretical framework for this policy problem is developed and used not just to illustrate the problem, but also to propose a solution – specifically to combine the introduction of CAP-supported policy changes which reduce farmers’ exposure to market-based risk with changes in environmental stewardship policies which increase the riskiness of cheating and thereby discourage such behaviour.
- Published
- 2012
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