The agri-food trade has expanded considerably over decades, with a remarkable increase in the market share of developing countries. The upward trend in trade flows has been parallel to the proliferation of non-tariff measures, particularly of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures in the...

The agenda of trade negotiation in the agri-food sector is characterised by an exponential increase of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures and of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs). Their joint effect on trade is puzzling and still an open empirical question. Once assessed the trade effect...

The weather index-based insurances may help farmers to cope with climate risks overcoming the most common issues of traditional insurances. However, the weather index-based insurances present the limit of the basis risk: a significant yield loss may occur although the weather index does not...

The Law of One Price is a dated but still a puzzling economic concept. Studies that found violations of the Law are frequent and numerous, although scholars have pointed that failures of the Law are likely to be due to lack of informative datasets. In addition, for storable commodities, the...

Farm size is often a significant factor in explaining insurance uptake.In particular, larger farms are generally more specialised and thus more exposed to risk. Moreover, larger farms are more inclined to adopt more sophisticated risk management strategies. Small-scale and non-specialised farms...

Farm size is often a significant factor in explaining insurance uptake.In particular, larger farms are generally more specialised and thus more exposed to risk. Moreover, larger farms are more inclined to adopt more sophisticated risk management strategies. Small-scale and non-specialised farms...

The quality scale of Italian wines is mainly organized in four categories: PDO, PGI, basic and bulk wine. Our analysis explicitly investigates the patterns and determinants of consumption for these four different types of wine by analyzing a representative sample of consumers from a traditional...

"The objective of this paper is to assess the possible influence of the1994 In Trust Agreements (ITAs) on acquisition and distribution of germplasm held by the International Research Rice Institute (IRRI) genebank. The agreements, legally affirmed the ‘public good’ status of the collections...