World markets for agricultural commodities are faced with increasing price fluctuations. When measuring these fluctuations, most researchers have focused on the construction of instabilty indicators not directly related to economic theory. In this article, a concept for measuring price...

It is the objective of this paper to provide a methodological framework for the analysis of regional marketing programs which inlclude regional-origin labelling as well as quality assurance and control. Such programs are increasingly being introduced in Europe and other parts of the world as a...

It is the objective of this paper to identify the determinants that led to the increase in worldwide foreign direct investment during the 1990s. The paper also addresses the question of whether these factors influenced exports differently. Therefore, using data from 22 countries reporting to the...

Food labelling has become a major element of food policy. The growing importance of the topic is associated with a large variety of labels which refer to very different characteristics of foods and are linked to a growing number of quality assurance schemes. The economics of labelling is still...

Im Regelwerk des „General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade“ (GATT) werden seit langer Zeit nichttarifäre Handelshemmnisse bei gleichem Außenschutz als wesentlich problematischere handelspolitische Instrumente angesehen als tarifäre Handelshemmnisse. Ein bedeutender Grund ist, dass...