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751-2903-00L 3 Credits MSC D-USYS
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Evaluation of Agricultural Policies

Lecturers & Examiners: Dr. Stefan Mann, Dr. Christian Schader
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Abstract

The course focuses on agricultural eeconomic research with particular focus on policy evaluation. We impart insights in the issue of policy evaluation as part of agricultural economics research.

Objective

Focus: Policy Evaluation ------------------------------------------- The students are to... - have a critical look at different angles of agri-economic research - study scientific literature of the focus theme - consider strengths, weaknesses and the application of research approaches - apply knowledge gained from other courses with respect to the focus theme - get insights in agricultural economic research of the national research institutions by visiting Agroscope and the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) - be capable to conduct evaluations and critically reflect evaluation results

Content

Unit: Subject ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 01: Introduction 02: The normative frame for policy evaluation 03: Excursion to Frick 04: Public Politics for Evaluation 05: Application of Evaluations 06: Quantitive Methods 07: Excursion to Tänikon 08: Qualitative Methods 09: Case Study 10: Examination

Resources

Lecture Notes

Handouts (power point presentations)

Literature

1) Bussmann Werner, Klöti Ulrich und Knoepfel Peter, 2004 (Hrsg). Einführung in die Politikevaluation. Helbling&Lichtenhahn. In German language. Will be privided by the lectures in unit 01. 2) Vedung Evert, 2000. Public Policy and Program Evaluation. ISBN 0-7658-0687-8.

General Information

Language
German
Levels
MSC
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
graded semester performance
Die mündliche Prüfung besteht aus drei Teilen:a) Kurzbeschreibung einer agrarpolitischen Massnahme durch den Kandidaten (2 Min.)(Wählen Sie ein in- oder ausländisches Politikinstrument aus dem Agrarbereich und stellen Sie dessen wesentlichen Inhalte dar)b) Präsentation eines Evaluationskonzeptes für die jeweilige Massnahme (8 Min.)c) Diskussion des Evaluationskonzeptes und der Vorlesungsinhalte (15 Min.)

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture with exercise Evaluation of Agricultural Policies
Die Veranstaltung findet unregelmässig statt, Vorlesungsbeginn ist am Donnerstag 22. Oktober. Zusätzlich finden am Freitag 27. November ein ganztägiger Blockkurs in Frick und ein weiterer Kurs am Freitag 11. Dezember in Tänikon statt.
  • Thu 16:00-18:00 (ON LI NE)
2 h weekly

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