Browsing FORLand Working Papers by Title
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2020-01DiskussionspapierA geoadditive distributional regression analysis of the local relationship of land prices and land rents in Germany The analysis of sales prices and rents for agricultural land are a classical research topic in agricultural economics. Due to increased dynamic on agricultural land markets, their relationship has gained increased interest ...
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2020-01DiskussionspapierAn experimental analysis of German farmers’ decisions to buy or rent farmland Farmland is an essential agricultural production factor that farmers can choose to either buy or rent. In this paper, we apply a discrete choice experiment to analyse German farmers’ individual buying and rental decisions ...
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2020DiskussionspapierAVM and High Dimensional Data - Do Ridge, the Lasso or the Elastic Net provide an 'automated' solution? In this paper, we apply Ridge Regression, the Lasso and the Elastic Net to a rich and reliable data set of condominiums sold in Berlin, Germany, between 1996 and 2013. We their predictive performance in a rolling window ...
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2019-12DiskussionspapierCan Land Market Regulations fulfill their Promises? After land prices in Germany increased continuously since 2006, policy makers, representatives of farmers’ unions, NGOs, and farmers started and continued to discuss or propose new land market regulations to stop price ...
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2020-02DiskussionspapierCommon values and unobserved heterogeneity in farmland auctions in Germany In this paper, we test for the existence of a common component in agricultural land auctions in eastern Germany during the price boom 2007-2018 and discuss respective policy implications. Using a large, detailed dataset ...
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2018-11-23DiskussionspapierDo Farmers Care About Rented Land?
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2020DiskussionspapierEnvironmental efficiency measurement when producers control pollutants under heterogeneous conditions: a generalization of the materials balance approach This article provides a generalization of the materials balance-based production model introduced by Coelli et al. (2007). Based on this, some new environmental efficiency (EE) measures are presented. The Coelli et al. ...
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2019-07-19DiskussionspapierFarm eco-efficiency: can sustainable intensification make the difference? Sustainable intensification measures promise ecological improvements of farming while maintaining profitability. That is, farms should be able to produce at a higher ecological efficiency without losses in economic efficiency. ...
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2020-04DiskussionspapierFarm Growth and Land Concentration Structural change in agriculture is characterized by the interdependency of farms’ growth decisions due to the limited availability of the production factor land. This paper adds to the sparse empirical literature on the ...
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2018-03-22DiskussionspapierFarmland Values and Bidder Behavior in First-Price Land Auctions (02/2018) Within this paper, we aim to investigate asymmetries among bidders in land auctions that may entail non-competitive prices. Using representative data for Eastern Germany including winning bids, bidder characteristics, and ...
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2020-01DiskussionspapierHow green is greening? A fine-scale analysis of spatio-temporal dynamics in Germany The “Greening” measures of the EU’s CAP, implemented in 2015, have been intensively debated in terms of their effectiveness and efficiency for agricultural, environmental, and climate outcomes. This study explores the ...
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2020-01DiskussionspapierHow useful is listings data for research? Compared to other asset classes, information on transactions of residential real estate is scarce and available only with delay. Listing information from web-platforms is abundant and timely. Is listings data useful for ...
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2020-04DiskussionspapierIdentifying Agricultural Landscape Types for Brandenburg, Germany using IACS Data The increasing demand for agricultural commodities for food and energy purposes has led to intensified agricultural production. This trend may manifest in agricultural compositions and landscape configurations that can ...
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2018-07-02DiskussionspapierLand price diffusion across borders: The case of Germany (03/2018) Land market regulations are often justified by the assumption that activities of foreign and nonagricultural investors drive up land prices in countries with low land price levels. However, empirical knowledge about the ...
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2019-02-07DiskussionspapierLand value appraisal using statistical methods The taxation of property based on market values requires frequent appraisals for a large number of properties. In light of the recent property tax reform discussion in Germany, it has been argued that a valuebased tax ...
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2019-12DiskussionspapierMaizification of the Landscape for Biogas Production? The development of biogas production in Germany has reshaped agricultural land use and production schemes since the implementation of the Renewable Energy Sources Act in 2000. It is associated with a widespread introduction ...
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2020-12DiskussionspapierMeasuring Liquidity in Agricultural Land Markets This paper contributes to the sparse empirical literature on measuring liquidity in agricultural land markets. Using data from Lower Saxony (Germany), we inspect the spatial and temporal variability of various liquidity ...
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2023-03DiskussionspapierOrganic cultivation and farmland prices: Does certification matter? This paper investigates price differentials between organically and conventionally farmed arable land. Organic commodities offer higher prices and environmental benefits such as improved soil constitution, where land ...
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2019-10-29DiskussionspapierPrice dispersion in farmland markets: What is the role of asymmetric information? This article investigates the role played by informational cost in agricultural land markets to explain price dispersion. Based on a hedonic model under incomplete information, we build a two-tier stochastic frontier. ...
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2018-10-19DiskussionspapierPublic preferences for pasture landscapes and the role of scale heterogeneity Despite its relevance for agricultural production, biodiversity and landscape aesthetics, grazing livestock is rarely considered in research on public landscape preferences. This paper studies public preferences for pasture ...
