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Johannes Sauer is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research spans the intersection of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, reflecting a focus on both ecological and economic aspects of agricultural systems.

Their work covers several subfields including Economics and Econometrics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Chemistry, Soil Science, and Management Science and Operations Research. These areas demonstrate a comprehensive approach to studying agricultural practices and environmental impacts using quantitative and interdisciplinary methods.

Frequent topics addressed in their research include agricultural innovations and practices, economic and environmental valuation, agricultural economics and policy, efficiency analysis using data envelopment analysis (DEA), sustainable agricultural systems analysis, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, and the relationship between energy, environment, and economic growth.

They have collaborated regularly with a group of researchers, notably:

  • Maria Vrachioli
  • Philipp Mennig
  • Fabian Frick
  • Terese E. Venus
  • Emmanuel Olatunbosun Benjamin

Their research contributions have been published in various venues, with frequent publications in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Ecological Economics
  • Journal of Agricultural Economics
  • European Review of Agricultural Economics
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Johannes Sauer include:

  • Development of the Circular Bioeconomy: Drivers and Indicators (2021), Sustainability
  • Exploring the spatiotemporal heterogeneity and influencing factors of agricultural carbon footprint and carbon footprint intensity: Embodying carbon sink effect (2022), The Science of The Total Environment
  • The public's perception of run-of-the-river hydropower across Europe (2020), Energy Policy
  • Livelihood vulnerability and climate change: a comparative analysis of smallholders in the Indo-Gangetic plains (2021), Environment Development and Sustainability
  • Effects of agri-environment schemes on farm-level eco-efficiency measures: Empirical evidence from EU countries (2022), Journal of Agricultural Economics

Best Publications

  • Development of the Circular Bioeconomy: Drivers and Indicators

    Maximilian Kardung;Kutay Cingiz;Ortwin Costenoble;Roel Delahaye

  • Stochastic efficiency measurement: the curse of theoretical consistency

    Johannes Sauer;Klaus Frohberg;Heinrich Hockmann

  • Wet Markets, Supermarkets and the "Big Middle" for Food Retailing in Developing Countries: Evidence from Thailand

    Matthew Gorton;Johannes Sauer;Pajaree Supatpongkul

  • Innovation and Integration in the Agri-Food Industry

    Kostas Karantininis;Johannes Sauer;William Hartley Furtan

  • Forest diversity, tobacco production and resource management in Tanzania

    Johannes Sauer;Jumanne M. Abdallah

  • Investment, technical change and efficiency: empirical evidence from German dairy production

    Johannes Sauer;Uwe Latacz-Lohmann

  • The impact of decoupled subsidies on productivity in agriculture: a cross‐country analysis using microdata

    Andrius Kazukauskas;Carol Newman;Johannes Sauer

  • Exploring the spatiotemporal heterogeneity and influencing factors of agricultural carbon footprint and carbon footprint intensity: Embodying carbon sink effect

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  • Economies of scale and firm size optimum in rural water supply

    Johannes Sauer

  • Explaining the performance of contract farming in Ghana: The role of self-efficacy and social capital☆

    David Wuepper;Johannes Sauer

  • Disinvestment, Farm Size, and Gradual Farm Exit: The Impact of Subsidy Decoupling in a European Context

    Andrius Kazukauskas;Carol Newman;Daragh Clancy;Johannes Sauer

  • The efficiency of maize farming in Malawi. A bootstrapped translog frontier

    Hardwick Tchale;Johannes Sauer

  • The Efficiency of Maize Farming in Malawi - A Bootstrapped Translog Frontier

    Hardwick Tchale;Johannes Sauer

  • The Economics of Soil Fertility Management in Malawi

    Johannes Sauer;Hardwick Tchale

  • Economic Theory and Econometric Practice: Parametric Efficiency Analysis

    Johannes Sauer

  • Water communities in the republic of Macedonia: An empirical analysis of membership satisfaction and payment behavior

    Matthew Gorton;Johannes Sauer;Mile Peshevski;Dane Bosev

  • Sequential technology implementation, network externalities, and risk: the case of automatic milking systems

    Johannes Sauer;Johannes Sauer;David Zilberman

  • Adoption of labor-saving technologies in agriculture.

    R. Karina Gallardo;Johannes Sauer

  • Innovation Behaviour At Farm Level – Selection And Identification

    Johannes Sauer;David Zilberman

  • Production diversification, dietary diversity and consumption seasonality: panel data evidence from Nigeria

    Habtamu Yesigat Ayenew;Sibhatu Biadgilign;Lena Schickramm;Getachew Abate-Kassa

  • The impact of agri-environment schemes on farm productivity: a DID-matching approach

    Philipp Mennig;Johannes Sauer

  • Allocative efficiency of rural water supply – a globally flexible SGM cost frontier

    Johannes Sauer;Klaus Frohberg

  • Social Capital, Income Diversification and Climate Change Adaptation: Panel Data Evidence from Rural Ethiopia

    David Wuepper;Habtamu Yesigat Ayenew;Johannes Sauer

  • Organic farming in Scandinavia — Productivity and market exit

    Johannes Sauer;Tim Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Laure Latruffe
Laure Latruffe INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Catherine J. Morrison Paul
Catherine J. Morrison Paul University of California, Davis
Helen H. Jensen
Helen H. Jensen Iowa State University
Phoebe Koundouri
Phoebe Koundouri Athens University of Economics and Business
Hans van Meijl
Hans van Meijl Wageningen University & Research
Bjørn Kløve
Bjørn Kløve University of Oulu
Gerhard E. Overbeck
Gerhard E. Overbeck Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Jörg E. Drewes
Jörg E. Drewes Technical University of Munich
Steven Van Passel
Steven Van Passel University of Antwerp
Rafael S. Oliveira
Rafael S. Oliveira State University of Campinas

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