Sehr geehrte Kolleg/inn/en, ich lade Sie herzlich zu folgender Veranstaltung ein: Demetris Psaltopoulos: Rural/Urban Impacts of Common Agricultural Policy Options: A Dynamic Recursive CGE Approach Datum: 30 August 2016 um 13:15 Ort: Kleiner Sitzungssaal , WIFO, Arsenal Objekt 20, Wien Anfahrt: Busstation "Arsenalsteg" 69A oder S-Bahn "Quartier Belvedere" Abstract: In this work, a dynamic recursive CGE model is applied to assess rural-urban impacts of three scenarios of the EU Common Agricultural Policy. The analysis is specific to six EU NUTS 3 regions, which are heterogeneous in terms of economic diversification, remoteness and rurality. Two of the scenarios redistribute funding within Pillar 2 of the CAP, either towards the agricultural sector (Scenario 1) or to other rural sectors (Scenario 2), while Scenario 3 considers a 30% reduction of Pillar 1 support. Results show that small aggregate regional impacts mask more significant adjustments at the sectoral and sub-regional level. Further, the combination of economic structure and rural development policy mix within a region mediates the direction and magnitude of policy effects. An "agricultural" rural development policy benefits rural economic activity in agriculturally-dependent rural economies, while a "diversification" approach benefits already diversified rural areas. Also, the analysis shows that coupled farm support may be constraining rural economic activity in some areas. Finally, results confirm previous findings indicating that CAP policy measures trigger a trade-off between agricultural and rural economic activity gains. Keywords: Agricultural policy; rural development; computable general equilibrium; rural-urban. JEL classifications: Q18, R11, R12, R13, C68. Short CV: Demetris Psaltopoulos is Professor in Regional and Rural Economics and Policy at the Department of Economics, University of Patras, Greece. His main research interests include agricultural and rural development policy analysis and evaluation, and quantitative methods. His research work has been published in numerous refereed international journals and presented in more than 50 international conferences in the fields of agricultural economics, rural development economics. He has coordinated and participated as team leader and researcher in many international research projects, mostly associated with EU Pillar I and II impact analysis (ex-ante and ex-post). His area of expertise, both academic and research, includes the evaluation of Rural Development Programmes (RDP) and their impact on job creation and the formation of typologies of European Rural Areas for assessment purposes. In recent years he has been involved as coordinator in the Ex-ante Spatial Policy Impact analysis of the CAP in European Rural Areas, the Ex-ante evaluation of the Hellenic and Cyprus RDP 2014-2020, the evaluation of measures applied under the CAP to the Cotton, Durum Wheat and Cereals sectors and in OECD studies on climate change and its impacts on agricultural production in the Mediterranean area and on Green Growth. Finally, for a period of 6 years (2005-2011) he was an elected member of the Executive Board of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) whereas he has also been a Member of RDP 2007-2013 Monitoring Committee for the Hellenic Republic. -- ___________________________________________________________________ Franz Sinabell WIFO - Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung / Austrian Institute of Economic Research Arsenal Objekt 20 1030 Wien / A-1030 Vienna Österreich / Austria Tel.: +43-1-7982601-481 Fax: +43-1-7989386 Mail: Franz.Sinabell@wifo.ac.at Web: http://www.wifo.ac.at/ skype: franz_sinabell