Participation of Italian farmers in rural development policy
研究了意大利农民参与农村发展政策措施的程度，发现区域政府根据地区特点选择政策重点，且区域政策重点能解释农民参与农业环境计划，但不能解释参与提升竞争力的措施。
The aim of this paper is to study farmers' participation in rural development policy (RDP) measures. We investigate to what extent regional RDP priorities are driven by regional characteristics and moreover, whether regional-level policy priorities help to explain farmers' participation in RDP measures. We estimate a multilevel binary choice model that includes both farm-level and regional-level explanatory variables. We conclude that regional governments select RDP priorities based on the specific features of their region. Regional policy priorities play an important role in explaining farmers' participation in agri-environmental schemes but not in measures aimed at improving farmer competitiveness.