This paper addresses the issue of how to estimate by contingent valuation methods the maximum price consumers are willing to pay when a new quality is available for a market good for which quantity adjustments are possible. We argue that current practice, which typically does not specify a...

This article analyses dealer satisfaction data in the agricultural technology market in Germany. The dealers could rate their suppliers in the "overall satisfaction" and in 38 questions which can be summarized in 8 dimensions. An ordinal regression model which is also known as the proportional...

Recent theoretical work on agricultural contracts has utilized agency theory. Most of this work considers a moral hazard problem, and assumes that producers are homogeneous, so that there is no adverse selection problem. We utilize a sample of producer performance under a broiler production...

We extend standard models of price pass-through across multiple layers of intermediaries in a supply chain with imperfect competition to incorporate credit rationing. To test against a standard model without credit rationing, we study the effects of a policy reform in Bangladesh's edible oils...

The article is devoted to the problems of assessing the sustainable development of the region. Approaches to assessing sustainable development at different levels of regional management are considered. It has been found that, despite their significant number, there is currently no single...

As consumers’ demand for organic products and especially organic food grows, organic certification for tropical fruit is increasingly promoted in many developing countries. Certified organic pineapple exports only started taking off after 2005 and are rapidly increasing. The organic and...

Der vorliegende Beitrag analysiert Präferenzen russischer Fachbesucher für ausgewählte Messeleistungen. Als Methode wurde die Choice-Based Conjoint Analyse eingesetzt, die eine realitätsnahe Erfassung von Auswahlentscheidungen und somit die Abbildung des Verhaltens der Probanden ermöglicht....

This analysis employs cointegration methods and semiparametric regression in order to assess the integration of maize markets and the factors determining national and cross-national transmission of price signals in Sub-Saharan Africa. We use a rich dataset of 16 series of wholesale maize prices...