This study provides quantitative evidence on the local benefits and costs of wind farm developments in England and Wales, focussing on their visual environmental impacts. In the tradition of studies in environmental, public and urban economics, housing costs are used to reveal local preferences for views of wind farm developments. Estimation is based on quasiexperimental research designs that c...

This paper examines the impact of various farm and household characteristics (such as farm size, the off-farm employment status, the farm operator's age and schooling and the number of family members) on the level as well as the dynamics of on-farm diversification. Using linked census data for Upper-Austria from 1980, 1985 and 1990 we provide evidence that smaller farms are more specialised and...

Nine years has passed since the EU accession, thus, it is possible to make an objective evaluation about the impacts of the accession. Several reviews were made in this topic, but most of them made their assessment at macroeconomic level. This research focuses on the impacts of accession at farm level, using the data of the EU Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) database. The main goals of thi...