Vom 9. bis 13. November findet in Doha/Qatar die vierte Ministerkonferenz der Welthandelsorganisation WTO statt. Gegenstand der Beratungen wird vornehmlich die Frage sein, ob die Eröffnung einer neuen Verhandlungsrunde über die weitere Liberalisierung des internationalen Handels konsensfähig...

The paper focuses on the interaction between the solvency probability of a banking firm and the diversification potential of its asset portfolio when determining optimal equity capital. The purpose of this paper is to incorporate value at risk (VaR) into the firm-theoretical model of a banking...

This study is concerned with the impact of changes in market transparency on agricultural production levels. Market transparency is of central importance in the agri-food system as it affects the degree of uncertainty farmers face when taking economic decisions. In our study, we endogenize...