The Optimal Allocation of Land between Alternative Support Schemes: an Exploration of Claims for Arable Area Payments
研究了英国农民为何不申报全部符合条件的耕地面积支付，基于农场调查数据量化了这种行为，并揭示了农业与畜牧补贴计划间的相互作用。
Arable producers in the UK often do not claim arable area payments (AAPs) on all the land planted to crops eligible for such payments. This paper provides a theoretical framework which identifies five possible reasons for this behaviour. Empirical evidence, using data from the UK's Farm Business Survey, is presented to quantify the extent of this behaviour. One of the reasons for not claiming the AAP for each eligible hectare planted relates to the interactions between the arable and livestock subsidy schemes of the CAP. This, and other complexities, highlights the problems of arable supply response with current CAP instruments in place.