Performance of dairy farms in Finland and Norway from 1991 to 2008
研究了1991至2008年芬兰和挪威奶牛场的盈利能力和生产率变化，发现芬兰因加入欧盟、政策更自由化，农场绩效改善优于挪威。
Agriculture and agricultural policy in Finland and Norway have shared many common features in the past, except that Finland joined the European Union in 1995. In this article, we examine profitability and productivity dynamics in Finnish and Norwegian farms during the period 1991 to 2008. Our analysis draws on a decomposition of profitability change into various sources. The results provide evidence that the stronger liberalisation of agricultural policy in Finland has provided greater flexibility for farmers to change and thus has created better scope for productivity and profitability improvements compared with Norway.