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Abstract
Predicting and investigating the impact of subsidisation on farm technical efficiency are
becoming critical issues in applied policy analysis. This paper presents a meta-regression
analysis of empirical results on this issue, based on logistic regressions and data gathered
from a systematic literature review from 1972 to 2014. The review reveals that subsidisation
is commonly negatively associated with farm technical efficiency. Estimation results show
that the direction (negative, positive or null) of the observed effects is sensitive to the way
subsidies are modelled in the empirical studies, but robust to farming systems studied,
estimation methods used, and geographical areas considered.