1. agriregionieuropa A regional analysis of CAP expenditure in Austria Wibke Strahl, Thomas Dax, Gerhard Hovorka Bundesanstalt fuer Bergbauernfragen, Vienna 122 nd European Association of Agricultural Economists Seminar Evidence-Based Agricultural and Rural Policy Making Methodological and Empirical Challenges of Policy Evaluation February 17 th – 18 th, 2011, Ancona (Italy) associazioneAlessandroBartola studi e ricerche di economia e di politica agraria Centro Studi Sulle Politiche Economiche, Rurali e Ambientali Università Politecnica delle Marche

2. agriregionieuropa 122 nd EAAE Seminar, February 17 th – 18 th, 2011, Ancona (Italy) Intention of this paper Allocation of CAP funds and priority settings in Austria Regional analysis of RDP expenditures Territorial effects of RDP Conclusive remarks Outline

3. agriregionieuropa 122 nd EAAE Seminar, February 17 th – 18 th, 2011, Ancona (Italy) Paper background Regional diversity should lead to differences in priority settings of CAP funds Assumption: different impacts of CAP support between regions depending on regional conditions Programme evaluation based on analysis of policy implementation at national level Information lack on territorial effects of CAP measures

4. agriregionieuropa 122 nd EAAE Seminar, February 17 th – 18 th, 2011, Ancona (Italy) Distribution of CAP support

5. agriregionieuropa 122 nd EAAE Seminar, February 17 th – 18 th, 2011, Ancona (Italy) Austrias RD priorities

6. agriregionieuropa 122 nd EAAE Seminar, February 17 th – 18 th, 2011, Ancona (Italy)

7. agriregionieuropa 122 nd EAAE Seminar, February 17 th – 18 th, 2011, Ancona (Italy)

8. agriregionieuropa 122 nd EAAE Seminar, February 17 th – 18 th, 2011, Ancona (Italy) Regional analysis of CAP funds (pillar 2), provincial level Funding differences between Austrian provinces But almost all provinces had their main focus on Agri- environmental + LFA derived from national priority setting

9. agriregionieuropa 122 nd EAAE Seminar, February 17 th – 18 th, 2011, Ancona (Italy) Regional analysis of CAP funds (pillar 2), NUTS3 level

10. agriregionieuropa 122 nd EAAE Seminar, February 17 th – 18 th, 2011, Ancona (Italy) Territorial effects of RDP funds (provincial level) Lower Austria received most support and created most new jobs Upper Austria with 2 nd largest support, created far fewer new j. Styria (3 rd largest support) created more than twice as many new jobs as Upper- Austria Differences of CAP effects (pillar 2) not visible at national level!!

11. agriregionieuropa 122 nd EAAE Seminar, February 17 th – 18 th, 2011, Ancona (Italy) Territorial effects of RDP funds (Axis 3+4),(NUTS 3 level) Obersteiermark West: below-average compared with other 6 NUTS 3 regions of Styria Compared to other Austrian provinces and NUTS3 regions it created average number of new jobs Quite significant impact differences of RD support! NUTS 3/ NUTS 2 region new jobs secured jobs RDP funding (Axis 3+4) new jobs/ mio. RDP secured jobs/ mio. RDP Obersteiermark West14223.75 mio. 3.7 5.9 Oststeiermark104655.03 mio. 20.7 12.9 Styria327106819.83 mio. 16.5 53.9

12. agriregionieuropa Thank you for your attention! wibke.strahl@berggebiete.at

13. agriregionieuropa 122 nd EAAE Seminar, February 17 th – 18 th, 2011, Ancona (Italy) Conclusive remarks Inclusion of regional level in planning and appli- cation of RDP would be essential for efficient use of resources One horizontal programme for whole Austria All RDP measures could be used equally across all regions apart from LFA In Austrian RDP the regional level is turned off Considering regional conditions in programme planning could improve RDP effects Split up unique national RDP into different regional programmes