Author: Banse, M.; Pelikan, J.; Freund, F. • Journal/Series: Project Brief / Thünen Institute, Volume 2025/18a
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Effects of the ‘new’ US trade policy on international agricultural trade 20252025 Policy analysis indicates health-sensitive trade and subsidy reforms are needed in the UK to avoid adverse dietary health impacts post-Brexit2021 Author: Freund, F.; Springmann, M. • Journal/Series: Nature Food, 2, 502–508
The United Kingdom’s food system will be greatly impacted by Brexit-related trade deals and policy developments—with implications for dietary risk factors and public health. Here we use an integrated economic–health modelling framework to analyse the impacts of different policy approaches…
Coupled support for sugar beet in the European Union: Does it lead to market distortions?2022 Author: Haß, M. • Journal/Series: Journal of Agricultural Economics, 73(1), 86–111
Under the EU Common Agriculture Policy, only 11 of 19 sugar beet producing EU Member States provide coupled direct payments for sugar beet. This paper analyses the market effects of this uneven implementation of an agricultural policy instrument along the…
The access to CETA quotas: Extending CGE models with a market for quota licenses2022 Author: Döbeling, T. • Journal/Series: Q Open, 2(2), qoac019
We analyze the market dynamics that are caused by tariff-rate quotas, particularly the effects of quota license allocation between heterogeneous commodities at the tariff line level. The allocation is endogenously modeled with a mixed complementarity problem approach for the case…
We need a food system transformation – In the face of the Russia-Ukraine war, now more than ever2022 Author: Pörtner, L. M.; Lambrecht, N.; Springmann, M.; Bodirsky, B. L.; Gaupp, F.; Freund, F.; Lotze-Campen, H.; Gabrysch, S. • Journal/Series: One Earth, 5(5), 470–472
The transformation toward a healthy, just, and environmentally friendly food system needs to be reinforced—and not abandoned—in the face of the Russia-Ukraine war. We need comprehensive solutions that bring short-term relief and also avert the existential threat our food system…
Options for reforming agricultural subsidies from health, climate, and economic perspectives2022 Author: Springmann, M.; Freund, F. • Journal/Series: Nature Communications, 13, 82
Agricultural subsidies are an important factor for influencing food production and therefore part of a food system that is seen as neither healthy nor sustainable. Here we analyse options for reforming agricultural subsidies in line with health and climate-change objectives…
One economy, but different growth regimes: why Germany’s rural east is still lagging2023 Author: Margarian, A.; Hundt, C. • Journal/Series: Competitiveness Review, 33(7), 1–21
The effects of dietary changes in Europe on greenhouse gas emissions and agricultural incomes in Ireland and Denmark2023 Author: Geibel, I.; Freund, F. • Journal/Series: Environmental Research Letters, 18(12), 124026
Livestock farming is one of the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions. In Europe, the agricultural sectors of Ireland and Denmark are the most livestock-intensive. Based on a scenario analysis using a computable general equilibrium model, we estimate the effects…
From fork to farm: Impacts of more sustainable diets in the EU-27 on the agricultural sector2023 Author: Rieger, J.; Freund, F.; Offermann, F.; Geibel, I.; Gocht, A. • Journal/Series: Journal of Agricultural Economics, 74(3), 764–784
The implications of dietary changes for the environment and for human health are well documented, but the impacts on the agricultural sector are less well researched. We fill this gap by specifying scenarios in which European consumers' diets approximate the…
Potential carbon leakage risk: a cross-sector cross-country assessment in the OECD area2023 Author: Fournier Gabela, J. G.; Freund, F. • Journal/Series: Climatic Change, 176(5), 65
Achieving climate targets requires more stringent mitigation policies, including the participation of all economic sectors. However, in a fragmented global climate regime, unilateral mitigation policies affecting sectors’ production costs increase carbon leakage risk. Carbon leakage implies reducing the competitiveness of…
International food trade contributes to dietary risks and mortality at global, regional and national levels2023 Author: Springmann, M.; Kennard, H.; Dalin, C.; Freund, F. • Journal/Series: Nature Food, 4(10), 886–893
Food trade is generally perceived to increase the availability and diversity of foods available to consumers, but there is little empirical evidence on its implications for human health. Here we show that a substantial proportion of dietary risks and diet-related…
A reform of value-added taxes on foods can have health, environmental and economic benefits in Europe2025 Author: Springmann, M.; Dinivitzer, E.; Freund, F.; Jensen, J. D.; Bouyssou, C. G. • Journal/Series: Nature Food, 6(2), 161–169
Fiscal policies can provide important incentives for encouraging the dietary changes needed to achieve global policy targets. Across Europe, the foods relevant to health and the environment often incur reduced but non-zero value-added tax (VAT) rates at about half the…
Global land-use implications of preference shifts towards regional feed and sustainable diets in Germany and the European Union2025 Author: Freund, F.; Soisontes, S.; Laquai, V.; Banse, M. • Journal/Series: Ecological Economics, 228, 108455
In Germany and other EU countries, preferences for regional and GMO-free feed can increasingly be observed. Many industries like to brand their dairy, eggs and meat products as produced with regional and GMO-free feed. This – among others – has…
Tariff troubles: repercussions of protectionist policies on US agriculture and the trade deficit2025 Author: Döbeling, T.; Ikeme, S.; Countryman, A. M. • Journal/Series: The World Economy
The United States has increased protectionist measures since 2018 and has remained notably passive while other nations have pursued trade agreements. This change, coupled with the potential for future increased import tariffs, suggests impending changes in trade dynamics between the…