In den letzten Jahren hat sich die Bioenergieproduktion rasant entwickelt, so dass man mittlerweile von einem "Bioenergieboom" sprechen kann (WBGU 2008: 1). Maßgeblich unterstützt wurde dieser Trend hierzulande durch die starke politische Förderung von Bioenergie sowohl von Seiten der...

Economists use partial and general equilibrium trade simulation models to estimate the impact of changes in domestic policies and international trade rules. During the WTO Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations economists have produced many different estimates of the gains that would result...

This study explores the link between proximity and price cointegration between two markets, where proximity is captured with variables for geographical, political and cultural distance. Linear and threshold cointegration is tested for a set of 756 rice market pairs in 6 West African countries,...

In a meta-analysis of spatial price transmission (PT) literature we aim to test for the presence of distance and border effects on price transmission. We use PT estimates for 1189 cereal market pairs extracted from 57 studies and seek to explain them by airline distance and existence of a...

Most researchers who analyze producers' preferences under uncertainty report that producers are averse towards risk and ambiguity scenarios. This aversion has an influence on producers' decision-making processes; hence the relevance of determining and analyzing these preferences as a key factor...

Garry Poluschkin und Robert Kirchner, German Economic Team, gehen davon aus, dass der Wiederaufbau der Ukraine eine langfristige multilaterale Herausforderung sein wird, bei der insbesondere die EU eine hervorgehobene Rolle einnehmen wird. Gleichzeitig dürfe die Diskussion der...

Given its national and global importance, agriculture in Ukraine is a key sector to consider when assessing both the damages and losses caused by Russia's attempted invasion and the associated post-war reconstruction needs and challenges. As of September 2022, total war damages and losses for...

The Russian war against Ukraine has put at risk a significant share of global food exports, and has contributed significantly to strongly rising global food prices. This has made poor, food-import dependent countries more vulnerable, with potentially serious humanitarian consequences. The crisis...

Es hat in der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik der Europäischen Union (GAP) seit 1992 zahlreiche mehr oder weniger erfolgreiche Reformschritte gegeben, die die gemeinsame Agrarpolitik generell liberalisiert, ihre Budget-Kosten reduziert und die handels- und produktionsverzerrenden Wirkungen abgebaut...