Evaluating an Information Campaign about Rural Development Policies in FYR Macedonia
- Huber, Martin Department of Economics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Kotevska, Ana Institute of Agricultural Economics, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje
- Martinovska Stojcheska, Aleksandra Institute of Agricultural Economics, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje
- Solovyeva, Anna Department of Economics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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2019
Published in:
- Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. - 2019, vol. 48, no. 1, p. 117-141
English
This study investigates the effects of a local information campaign on farmers’ interest in a rural development programme (RDP) in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The results suggest that while our intervention succeeded in informing farmers, it had a negative, albeit only marginally significant, effect on the reported possibility of using future RDP support. This puzzling result can be attributed to increased awareness of administrative burden associated with RDP participation. An additional heterogeneity analysis suggests the negative effect is driven by unprofitable farmers who are averse to any administrative encumbrance, for whom upfront cofinancing of an RDP is untenable.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences économiques et sociales et du management
- Department
- Département d'économie politique
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Economics
- License
- License undefined
- Identifiers
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- RERO DOC 330184
- DOI 10.1017/age.2018.4
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/309095
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