In this article we examine the impact of generic promotion on Bavarian beef demand during a period of a serious health concern in Europe: the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) crisis. We investigate the potential off-setting effects of advertising and promotion (positive) and heightened...

This paper presents empirical evidence on the interplay important topics of consumer price rigidity and market power in the German food retail industry. In particular, the analysis addresses the causal relationship between market structure-collusion-and pricing behaviour highlighted in the...

The United States mandated a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) food safety standard for seafood in 1997. Panel model results for 1990 to 2004 suggest that HACCP introduction had a negative and significant impact on overall imports from the top thirty-three suppliers. While the...

Ziel dieser Arbeit ist eine vergleichende Untersuchung des Innovationsverhaltens im verarbeitenden Gewerbe anhand eines Querschnittsdatensatzes des Mannheimer Innovationspanels. Die Besonderheiten des Ernährungsgewerbes werden durch eine kombinierte Analyse von Innovationsinput- und...