CAPRI
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CAPRI network member since 2009

Affiliation

European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Seville, Spain

Profile on ResearchGate

Profile on Google Scholar

Contact

E-mail: mihaly.himics@ec.europa.eu

  • Simulated economic impacts in applied trade modelling: A comparison of tariff aggregation approaches (link)
  • Setting Climate Action as the Priority for the Common Agricultural Policy: A Simulation Experiment (link)
  • Does the current trade liberalization agenda contribute to greenhouse gas emission mitigation in agriculture? (link)

Current responsibilities in the CAPRI network

  • Issues related to trade modelling
  • Baseline calibration with a focus on commodity markets and trend projections

Major Contributions to CAPRI

  • Development of the additional geographical layer of policy blocks in the market module
  • Development of non-homothetic import demand system in the market model
  • Development of a welfare consistent tariff aggregation module
  • Baseline calibration to several AGLINK-COSIMO baselines

Major CAPRI applications

  • Impact assessment for the legislative proposal of the Common Agricultural policy in 2018
  • Trade and Climate Change nexus
  • Contribution to the environmental baseline with CAPRI included in the Mid-term Agricultural Outlook of the European Commission
  • Expiry of the sugar quota system in the, Impact Assessment EU
  • EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement, Impact Assessment
  • Scenarios covering uncertainties in the “Prospects for Agricultural Markets and Income” (DG Agri baseline, years 2010, 2011)

CAPRI projects

M. Himics, G. Listorti, A. Tonini, (2020) Simulated economic impacts in applied trade modelling: A comparison of tariff aggregation approaches, Economic Modelling, Volume 87, 344-357, link to paper

Himics, M., Fellmann, T. and Barreiro‐Hurle, J. (2020) Setting Climate Action as the Priority for the Common Agricultural Policy: A Simulation Experiment, J Agric Econ, 71: 50-69. link to paper

M. Himics, T. Fellmann, J.Barreiro-Hurlé, H.P. Witzke, I. Pérez Domínguez, T. Jansson, F. Weiss (2018) Does the current trade liberalization agenda contribute to greenhouse gas emission mitigation in agriculture?, Food Policy 76: 120-129 link to paper

Mihaly Himics, Marco Artavia, Sophie Helaine (2014) Calibrating the CAPRI and ESIM models to the mid-term commodity market outlook of the European Commission JRC Technical Reports link

Ciscar JC, Feyen L, Soria A, Lavalle C, Raes F, Perry M, Nemry F, Demirel H, Rozsai M, Dosio A, Donatelli M, Srivastava A, Fumagalli D, Niemeyer S, Shrestha S, Ciaian P, Himics M, Van Doorslaer B, Barrios S, Ibanez N, Forzieri G, Rojas R, Bianchi A, Dowling P, Camia A, Liberta G, San Miguel J, de Rigo D, Caudullo G, Barredo J-I, Paci D, Pycroft J, Saveyn B, Van Regemorter D, Revesz T, Vandyck T, Vrontisi Z, Baranzelli C, Vandecasteele I, Batista e Silva F, Ibarreta D (2014) Climate Impacts in Europe. The JRC PESETA II project JRC Scientific and Policy Reports link

Burrell A., Himics M., Van Doorslaer B., Ciaian P., Shrestha S. (2014) EU sugar policy: A sweet transition after 2015? JRC Scientific and Policy Reports link

Shrestha S., Ciaian P., Himics M., Van Doorslaer B. (2013) Impacts of climate change on EU agriculture, Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 16(2): 24-39 link to paper and some reflections

A. Burrell, E. Ferrari, A. Gonzalez Mellado, M. Himics, J. Michalek, S. Shrestha and B. Van Doorslaer (2011) Potential EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement: Impact Assessment. JRC Reference Reports. link

Zebedee Nii-Naate (ed.) (2011) Prospects for Agricultural Markets and Income in the EU. Background informatin on the baseline construction process and uncertainty analysis. JRC Technical Reports link

European Commission (contributing author) (2011) PROSPECTS FOR AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AND INCOME IN THE EU 2011-2020 link

European Commission (contributing author) (2010) PROSPECTS FOR AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AND INCOME IN THE EU 2010-2020 link

Himics M., Britz W. (2013) Trade Diversion Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements Under Tariff Rate Quota Regimes. European Association of Agricultural Economists, 135th Seminar, August 28-30, 2013, Belgrade, Serbia (contributed paper) link

Himics M., Van Doorslaer B., Ciaian P., Shrestha S. (2012) Increasing volatility of input costs in the EU agriculture. Conference Paper, European Association of Agricultural Economists, 123rd Seminar, February 23-24, 2012, Dublin Ireland link

Shrestha S., Himics M., Van Doorslaer B., Ciaian P. (2012) EU wide regional impacts of climate change. Conference Paper, European Association of Agricultural Economists, 123rd Seminar, February 23-24, 2012, Dublin Ireland link

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