?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Modeling+the+Impacts+of+Policy+on+Entry+into+Organic+Farming%3A%0D%0AEvidence+from+Danish-UK+Comparisons%2C+1989-2007.&rft.creator=Daugbjerg%2C+C.+&rft.creator=Holloway%2C+G.+&rft.creator=Tranter%2C+R.+&rft.subject=+%22Organics%22+in+general&rft.description=This+paper+analyzes+organic+farming+entry+decisions+using+a+novel%2C+missing-data%0D%0Amethodology+and+a+piece-wise+linear+depiction+of+policy.+Our+primary+goal+is+to%0D%0Aascertain%2C+from+the+available+but+limited+information%2C+whether+Danish+and+UK+policy%0D%0Ameasures+toward+organic+agriculture+have+had+discernible+impacts+on+participation.%0D%0ADespite+considerable+interest+in+the+growth+of+organic+farming%2C+both+regionally+and%0D%0Aglobally%2C+there+has+been+little+systematic+analysis+of+such+phenomena.+Whilst+analyses+of%0D%0Aorganic+farming+policy+instruments+have+provided+extensive+and+detailed+reviews+of%0D%0Ainstruments+applied%2C+generally+speaking%2C+the+spirit+of+those+enquiries+takes+as+datum+that%0D%0Aorganic+policies+have+had+the+desired+impacts.+Yet+such+conjectures+remain+mostly%0D%0Auntested.+Hence%2C+there+is+a+need+to+examine+systematically+whether+there+exist%0D%0Arelationships+between+the+introduction+of+organic+farming+policies+and+the+growth+of+the%0D%0Aorganic+food+sector%2C+and+whether+particular+organic+farming+policy+measures+are+more%0D%0Aeffective+than+others.+In+this+paper%2C+we+take+a+first+step+in+this+endeavor+by+undertaking%0D%0Aan+econometric+analysis+of+the+relationship+between+organic+farming+policies+in+Denmark%0D%0Aand+the+UK+during+the+period+1989-2007.+Using+two+response+variables+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+the+numbers+of%0D%0Afarmers+and+growers+converting+to+organic+production+and+the+total+land+area+under%0D%0Aorganic+conversion+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+we+implement+a+simple%2C+though+robust%2C+Bayesian+methodology%0D%0Awhich+accounts+formally+for+several+idiosyncrasies+of+the+sample%2C+including+missing%0D%0Aobservations+in+the+response+variables+and+the+stepwise-linear+impacts+of+policy.+The%0D%0ABayesian+methodology+evidences+routine+implementation+of+recent+advances+in+Markov%0D%0AChain+Monte+Carlo+methods+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+Gibbs+sampling+and+data+augmentation%2C+in+particular+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+and%0D%0Aleads+to+robust+inferences+about+the+nature+and+extent+of+the+impacts+of+policy+on+entry%0D%0Ainto+organic+agriculture.+Extensions+are+discussed+(276+words).&rft.date=2008&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F14663%2F1%2Fmodeling-agricultural-economics-04-09-08-text%255B1%255D.pdf&rft.identifier=Daugbjerg%2C+C.%3B+Holloway%2C+G.+and+Tranter%2C+R.+(2008)+Modeling+the+Impacts+of+Policy+on+Entry+into+Organic+Farming%3A+Evidence+from+Danish-UK+Comparisons%2C+1989-2007.+Agricultural+Economics.+[+Unpublished%2C+]+*&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F14663%2F