Enriching the CAP evaluation toolbox with experimental approaches: introduction to the special issue

Review coordinated by Sophie Thoyer and Raphaële Préget As one of the first expenditure programmes of the European Union (EU), the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is regularly monitored and evaluated. Ex ante evaluation is a legal requirement of the EU’s Financial Regulation, responding to well-established guidelines under the ‘integrated impact assessment’ system. It is directly conducted by the European Commission (EC) and assesses the...