Faculty ofAgriculture
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Projects
- CAPRI-RD Common Agricultural Policy Regionalised Impact - The Rural Development Dimension, EU FP VII, 2009-2013, co-ordinated by our team
- GLUES Global Assessment of Land Use dynamics on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Ecosystem Services, BMBF, 2010-2015
- LIAISE Linking Impact Assessment Instruments to Sustainability Expertise, EU FP VII, Network of Excellence, 2009-2014
- RCR Resilience, Collapse and Reorganisation in Social-Ecological Systems of East- and South Africa's Savannahs, DFG Research Unit (Forschergruppe) FOR 1501, 2010-2013
- further projects
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Chair of Economic and Agricultural Policy
Chair: Prof. Dr. Thomas Heckelei
Nußallee 21
53115 Bonn, Germany
Tel.: 0228/73-2332
Fax: 0228/73-4693
In our group about 20 people are working in research and teaching, energetically supported by our office personnell.
The focus of our work is on the economic analysis of policy measures in the agri-food area, its scientific foundations and on quantitative policy impact assessment.
We collaborate in numerous projects within international research networks, and offer our students and young researchers an internationally oriented teaching and research environment, also visible from the fields of work of former staff.
Last updated: Friday, April 05, 2013

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Recent publications
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The policy-relevancy of impact assessment tools: Evaluating nine years of European research funding
Podhora, A., Helming, K., Adenäuer, L., Heckelei, T., Kautto, P., Reidsma, P., Rennings, K., Turnpenny, J. and Jansen, J.(2013):
"The policy-relevancy of impact assessment tools: Evaluating nine years of European research funding ", Environmental Science & Policy 31, p. 85-95 -
Modeling water allocating institutions based on Multiple Optimization Problems with Equilibrium Constraints
Britz, W., Ferris, M. and Kuhn, A. (2013):
"Modeling water allocating institutions based on Multiple Optimization Problems with Equilibrium Constraints ", Environmental Modelling & Software (in press) -
Comparison of GHG-emissionindicators for dairy farms with respect to induced abatement costs, accuracy and feasibility
Lengers, B., Britz, W. and Holm-Müller, K. (2013):
"Comparison of GHG-emissionindicators for dairy farms with respect to induced abatement costs, accuracy and feasibility", Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy -
Farm Type Effects of an EU-wide Direct Payment Harmonisation
Gocht, A., Britz, W., Ciaian, P. and Gomez y Paloma, S. (2013):
"Farm Type Effects of an EU-wide Direct Payment Harmonisation", Journal of Agricultural Economics 64(1), p. 1-32 -
Policy reform and agricultural land abandonment in the EU, Land Use Policy
Renwick, A., Jansson, T., Verburg, P. H., Revoredo-Giha, C., Britz, W., Gocht, A. and McCracken, D.(2013):
"Policy reform and agricultural land abandonment in the EU", Land Use Policy 30(1), p. 446-457

