Effects of the Income Stabilization Tool on farm income level, variability and concentration in Italian agriculture

Abstract This paper provides an ex ante assessment of the effects of the Income Stabilization Tool (IST), a new risk management tool proposed in the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. We investigate the effects of IST on income variability and levels as well as on income inequality in...

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Main Authors: Simone Severini, Giuliano Di Tommaso, Robert Finger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-12-01
Series:Agricultural and Food Economics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40100-019-0141-9