Effect of public subsidies on farm technical efficiency: a meta-analysis of empirical results

Jean-Joseph Minviel (1) , Laure Latruffe (1)

1 SMART-LERECO - Structures et Marché Agricoles, Ressources et Territoires

Investigating the impact of public subsidies on farm technical efficiency is becoming a critical issue in applied agricultural policy analysis. This article presents a meta-analysis of empirical results on this issue, based on data gathered from a systematic literature review. We find that, in the empirical literature, subsidies are commonly negatively associated with farm technical efficiency. Meta-regression estimation results show that the direction (significantly negative, significantly positive or non-significant) of the observed effects is sensitive to the way subsidies are modelled in the empirical studies.

Mots clés: meta-analysis; technical efficiency; subsidies; farms

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Jean-Joseph Minviel, Laure Latruffe. Effect of public subsidies on farm technical efficiency: a meta-analysis of empirical results. Applied Economics, 2016, 49 (2), pp.213-226. ⟨10.1080/00036846.2016.1194963⟩. ⟨hal-01509049⟩