Publications
Thomas, F., Herrmann, R., Loy, J.-P., Salhofer, K., Teuber, R., Banse, M., Berg, E., El Benni, N., Götz, L., Hess, S., & Kantelhardt, J. (2026). Where do agricultural economists publish and how do they assess journal quality? A survey in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. German Journal of Agricultural Economics, 75. https://doi.org/10.52825/gjae.v75i.2725
Rellensmann, T., & Thomas, F. (2026). Trade-offs between internal and external validity in economic experiments to inform agricultural policy. Q Open, qoag008. https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoag008
Fritschle, M. P., Kuhfuss, L., Vorlaufer, T., & Thomas, F. (2026). Farmer Identity and Risk Preferences in Farmers’ Choices Between Public and Private Agri-Environmental Contracts. Q Open, qoag005. https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoag005
Baaken, M.C., Thomas, F., Engel, S., Fritschle, M.P., Ortiz-Riomalo, J.F. and Rellensmann, T. (2025). Advancing Agri-Environmental Policy with Behavioral and Experimental Economics: Insights, Innovations, and Future Directions. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 50(4): 830-865. doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.364787
Lefebvre, M., J. Barreiro-Hurlé, C. Blanchflower, L. Colen, L. Kuhfuss, J. Rommel, T. Sûmrada, F. Thomas and S. Thoyer (2021). Can Economic Experiments Contribute to a More Effective CAP? € Choices, online early view. doi.org/10.1111/1746-692X.12324
Thomas, F., E. Midler, M. Lefebvre and S. Engel (2019). Greening the Common Agricultural Policy: a behavioral perspective and lab-in-the-field experiment in Germany. European Review of Agricultural Economics 46(3): 367-392. doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbz014
Feindt, P.H., C. Krämer, A. Früh-Müller, V. Wolters, C. Pahl-Wostl, A. Heißenhuber, C. van Bers, F. Thomas and K.P. Purnhagen (2018). The status quo is not an option - Proposal for a sustainable agricultural policy architecture. Nature and Landscape 93(6): 280-285. doi.org/10.17433/6.2018.50153589.280-285
Thomas, F. & K. Knüppe (2016). From Flood Protection to Flood Risk Management: Insights from the Rhine River in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.Water Resources Management30(8): 2785-2800. doi.org/10.1007/s11269-016-1323-9
Thomas, F., A. Koessler and S. Engel (2018). Nudging agricultural policy? Nudging towards a sustainable agriculture. Vierteljahreshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 87 (2/2018): 127-138. DIW, Berlin. doi.org/10.3790/vjh.87.2.127
Feindt, P.H., C. Krämer, A. Früh-Müller, V. Wolters, C. Pahl-Wostl, A. Heißenhuber, C. van Bers, F. Thomas and K.P. Purnhagen (2017). A sustainable social contract with agriculture: A plea for a new agricultural policy.
Thomas, F. (2019). Behavioral Economics of Agri-Environmental Policies. Dissertation, Osnabrück University.
Thomas, F. (2014). Controlling the flood - integrating the flood. The change towards an integrative and adaptive flood management and the role of ecosystem services using the example of the Rhine. Master Thesis. Osnabrück University, Institute of Environmental Systems Research. Osnabrück, 2014. doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.1075.4406
Dessart, F.J., J. Rommel, J. Barreiro-Hurlé, F. Thomas, M. Rodríguez-Entrena, M. Espinosa-Goded, K. Zagórska, M. Czajkowski and R. van Bavel (2021). Farmers and the new green architecture of the EU common agricultural policy: a behavioral experiment. EUR 30706 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021, ISBN 978-92-76-37778-8. doi.org/10.2760/718383, JRC123832
Feindt, P.H., C. Krämer, A. Früh-Müller, V. Wolters, C. Pahl-Wostl, A. Heißenhuber, C. van Bers, F. Thomas and K.P. Purnhagen (2017). A New Social Contract for Sustainable Agriculture: Towards an Inclusive Policy for the Agricultural Sector. Policy paper of the joint research and development project "ZA-NExUS: Sustainable Agricultural Policy - Preserving Nature, Safeguarding the Environment", funded by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation and the Federal Environment Agency, FKZ 35158 80 400, Bonn/Berlin, 32 pages, May 2017.
Feindt, P.H., C. Krämer, A. Früh-Müller, V. Wolters, C. Pahl-Wostl, A. Heißenhuber, C. van Bers, F. Thomas and K.P. Purnhagen (2017). A future-oriented social contract with the agricultural sector: Plea for a new agricultural policy. Policy paper from the "ZANEXUS" project, presented to the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Bonn/Berlin, January 2017.
Thomas, F., A.K. Koessler and S. Engel (2019). Using behavioral insights to leverage environmental performance of the Common Agricultural Policy. (R&R.)
Thomas, F. and S. Engel (2019). Understanding Farmer Self-Identities and Pro-Environmental Behavior: an experimental approach and cluster analysis.