Evaluating an Information Campaign about Rural Development Policies in FYR Macedonia
Journal
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
Date Issued
2018-04-18
Author(s)
Huber, Martin
Stojcheska, Aleksandra Martinovska
Solovyeva, Anna
DOI
10.1017/age.2018.4
Abstract
This study investigates the effects of a local information campaign on farmers’ interest in a rural development programme (RDP) in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The results suggest that while our intervention succeeded in informing farmers, it had a negative, albeit only marginally significant, effect on the reported possibility of using future RDP support. This puzzling result can be attributed to increased awareness of administrative burden associated with RDP participation. An additional heterogeneity analysis suggests the negative effect is driven by unprofitable farmers who are averse to any administrative encumbrance, for whom upfront cofinancing of an RDP is untenable.
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