New article: "Convergent Validity in Incentive-Compatible Contingent Valuation: Bid-vector and elicitation format effects" doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Department of Economics, SLU
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Official account of the Department of Economics at the Swedish University of Agricultural Economics | Mostly in English and Swedish | Will post news on colleagues, seminars, publications | #EconSky📉📈
New article: "Strategies for integrating grain legumes into cereal-based rotations: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment in Sweden" doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
New article: "Unfolding dairy farmers’ behavior, goals and drivers in mastitis control: Reference-point stability through goal-means instrumentality" doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
New article: "Consumer responses to regulatory change: evidence from the Swedish dairy sector" doi.org/10.1093/qope...
New article: "Linking agroecological cropping practices to multiple ecosystem functions and economic input use intensity" doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
New article: "From Meat to Plant-Based Products? The Enduring Impact of BSE on Beef Consumption" doi.org/10.1111/agec...
New article: "Volumetric choice experiments and welfare measures in a subsidy-driven context" doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
New article: "Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?" doi.org/10.1002/aepp...
Publication alert: "Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms" doi.org/10.1002/ajae...
New article: "Are we overestimating the benefits of agricultural intensification by overlooking nature-based alternatives?" doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
New article: 'Risk preferences and other (ignored) behavioral factors in fertilizer management decisions: A systematic literature review' doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
New substack post by @shonferguson.bsky.social on how to choose Master program in Ag Econ shonferguson.substack.com/p/thinking-a...
New article: "Intercropping can enhance long-term farm economic performance: Evidence from Swedish agriculture 2001–2018" academic.oup.com/erae/advance...
New article: "The role of advisory provision and policy objective information in dairy farmers’ preferences for methane-reducing feed additives" doi.org/10.1093/erae...
Jens Rommel@jensrommel.bsky.social · 10mo agoIn a new article, we study acceptance of methane-reducing feed additives among Swedish dairy farmers; acceptance is high overall (low willingness-to-accept), i.e., feed additives are a cost-effective GHG mitigation measure in Sweden doi.org/10.1093/erae...
New article: "Behaviourally informed interventions to maximize environmental delivery under the new CAP green architecture"
Jens Rommel@jensrommel.bsky.social · 10mo agoIn a new article, we test different behavioral interventions (and combinations) in four EU countries. Null results on "light green" eco-schemes. doi.org/10.1093/erae...
New article: "Farmer attitudes and motivation affect their health-seeking behavior in relation to mastitis in dairy cows—A survey on Swedish dairy farms with automatic milking systems" doi.org/10.3168/jds....
New article: "Swedish Consumers' Willingness-to-Pay for Plant-Based Proteins in Pasta Sauce: Preferences and Policy Scenarios" doi.org/10.1002/agr....
My latest post discusses the consequences of recent U.S. trade policy on global value chains in the agri-food sector. open.substack.com/pub/shonferg...
Are Agricultural Global Value Chains in Trouble?
Some are feeling the pain, but reports of their death are greatly exaggerated.
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New policy note: "Insights from the ground key to tackle economic risks: Perceptions of ‘the missing middle’ can shape business policies" (NAI Policy Notes, 2025:6). Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
New open access article!
Shon Ferguson@shonferguson.bsky.social · 11mo agoVery happy to share the published version of this paper, which is open access. "The impact of animal welfare regulations on pork trade: evidence from European countries" (with Anna Wallenbeck, Sigrid Agenäs, and Helena Hansson) doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
New article: "Comparing a multi-item Rasch scale for purchase intentions with preference elicitation using experimental auctions for consumer acceptance of biofortified food: An in-store study in Rwanda" doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
🚨 New paper accepted at Food Policy! 🚨🥳 "The Impact of Animal Welfare Regulations on Pork Trade: Evidence from European Countries" with Anna Wallenbeck, Sigrid Agenäs, and Helena Hansson. 2024 WP link: publications.slu.se?file=publ/sh...
The Impact of Animal Welfare Regulations on Pork Trade: Evidence from European Countries
We analyse the impact of stricter national animal welfare (AW) regulations on imports and exports of pork between 13 European countries during the pe
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New article: "Sustainability Effects of the Uptake of More Grass-Based Feeding Practices: Evidence From Sweden" doi.org/10.1111/1477...
New article: "Farmers' perceived values in intercropping: An application of the means end chain framework in Swedish agriculture" doi.org/10.1016/j.jr...
Instead of the usual analysis of ag/env/trade policy, this week's post aims to give readers some insights into academic life. I hope economists/non-economists find it amusing/useful. open.substack.com/pub/shonferg...
What Academic Economists Actually Do All Day
Teaching. Research. Outreach. It takes a lot of people skills.
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New editorial: "Rural entrepreneurship: foundations and future directions during a time of transformation" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New article: "The impact of drought on farm economic performance: evidence from Sweden" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New article: "What information counts when detecting mastitis in automatic milking systems?—A mixed methods approach from a Swedish perspective" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New article alert: "Upscaling carbon farming practices: perceived advisor leverage in farmer decision-making using Q-methodology" doi.org/10.1080/1389...