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Robert Finger

Robert Finger

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
60
Citations
11500
World Ranking
834
National Ranking
14

Overview

Robert Finger is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has a substantial publication record in agricultural and environmental sciences. The main fields of study for their work include Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with specific focus on subfields such as General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science, Economics and Econometrics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research covers a range of topics in agriculture, including:

  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Agricultural Economics and Policy
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Organic Food and Agriculture
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Among recent notable publications are:

  • Extreme weather events cause significant crop yield losses at the farm level in German agriculture, 2022, Food Policy
  • Agricultural policy in the era of digitalisation, 2021, Food Policy
  • Digital innovations for sustainable and resilient agricultural systems, 2023, European Review of Agricultural Economics
  • Agroecology for a Sustainable Agriculture and Food System: From Local Solutions to Large-Scale Adoption, 2023, Annual Review of Resource Economics
  • No perfect storm for crop yield failure in Germany, 2020, Environmental Research Letters

Robert Finger frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Robert Huber, Niklas Möhring, David Wuepper, Nadja El Benni, and Tobias Dalhaus.

Their work has appeared often in journals such as Agricultural Systems, Food Policy, Ecological Economics, Q Open, and European Review of Agricultural Economics.

In addition to articles, Robert Finger has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Cambridge University Press: Resilient and Sustainable Farming Systems in Europe, published in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Opinion: smart farming is key to developing sustainable agriculture.

    Achim Walter;Robert Finger;Robert Huber;Nina Buchmann

  • A framework to assess the resilience of farming systems

    Miranda P.M. Meuwissen;Peter H. Feindt;Peter H. Feindt;Alisa Spiegel;Catrien J.A.M. Termeer

  • Precision Farming at the Nexus of Agricultural Production and the Environment

    Robert Finger;Scott M. Swinton;Nadja El Benni;Achim Walter

  • Countries and the global rate of soil erosion

    David Wuepper;Pasquale Borrelli;Robert Finger

  • Cataract Surgical Rate and Socioeconomics: A Global Study.

    Wei Wang;William Yan;Kathy Fotis;Noela M Prasad

  • The economic burden of visual impairment and blindness: a systematic review.

    Juliane Köberlein;Karolina Beifus;Corinna Schaffert;Robert P Finger;Robert P Finger

  • Measuring Farmer Risk Preferences in Europe: A Systematic Review

    Poorvi Iyer;Martina Bozzola;Stefan Hirsch;Manuela Meraner

  • A Meta Analysis on Farm-Level Costs and Benefits of GM Crops

    Robert Finger;Nadja El Benni;Timo Kaphengst;Clive Evans

  • Representation of decision-making in European agricultural agent-based models

    Robert Huber;Martha Bakker;Alfons Balmann;Thomas Berger

  • Evidence of slowing yield growth - The example of Swiss cereal yields

    Robert Finger

  • Agricultural policy in the era of digitalisation

    Melf-Hinrich Ehlers;Robert Huber;Robert Finger

  • Determinants of farm diversification in the Netherlands

    Manuela Meraner;Wim Heijman;Tom Kuhlman;Robert Finger

  • European Pesticide Tax Schemes in Comparison: An Analysis of Experiences and Developments

    Thomas Böcker;Robert Finger

  • Risk perceptions, preferences and management strategies: evidence from a case study using German livestock farmers

    Manuela Meraner;Robert Finger

  • Adapting crop management practices to climate change: Modeling optimal solutions at the field scale

    Niklaus Lehmann;Robert Finger;Tommy Klein;Pierluigi Calanca

  • Economic Impact of the Introduction and Establishment of Drosophila suzukii on Sweet Cherry Production in Switzerland.

    Dominique Mazzi;Esther Bravin;Manuela Meraner;Robert Finger

  • The role of behavioural factors and opportunity costs in farmers' participation in voluntary agri‐environmental schemes: A systematic review

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  • Phenology Information Contributes to Reduce Temporal Basis Risk in Agricultural Weather Index Insurance

    Tobias Dalhaus;Oliver Musshoff;Robert Finger

  • Irrigation as adaptation strategy to climate change—a biophysical and economic appraisal for Swiss maize production

    Robert Finger;Werner Hediger;Stéphanie Schmid

  • Plant diversity effects on forage quality, yield and revenues of semi-natural grasslands

    Sergei Schaub;Sergei Schaub;Robert Finger;Florian Leiber;Stefan Probst;Stefan Probst

  • Factors Determining the Adoption and Impact of a Postharvest Storage Technology

    Raushan Bokusheva;Robert Finger;Martin Fischler;Robert Berlin

  • Modeling agricultural production risk and the adaptation to climate change

    Robert Finger;Stéphanie Schmid

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Huber
Robert Huber Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Nina Buchmann
Nina Buchmann ETH Zurich
Monique M.B. Breteler
Monique M.B. Breteler German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Damian Maye
Damian Maye University of Gloucestershire
Ashok K. Mishra
Ashok K. Mishra Arizona State University
Achim Walter
Achim Walter ETH Zurich
Erik Mathijs
Erik Mathijs KU Leuven
Heidi Webber
Heidi Webber Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research
Florian Leiber
Florian Leiber Research Institute of Organic Agriculture

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