We investigate wheat price relationships between the import-dependent countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus and the Black Sea wheat exporters to assess wheat market efficiency which is crucial for ensuring availability and access to wheat and for reducing food insecurity. Results of...

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the Iron Wall as well as the emergence of Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Romania as major actors on international grain markets since 2000 had increased the hope for a more stable international grain market. However, various short-run trade policy...

Die großen östlichen "Getreidenationen" Russland, Ukraine und Kasachstan verfügen über erhebliche Ausbaupotenziale im Getreideanbau, deren Nutzung zur weltweiten Ernährungssicherung beitragen könnte. Um diese umsetzen zu können, sind neben dem Abbau von Defiziten in der Infrastruktur vor...

This paper further builds on the price transmission model framework of existing studies to identify domestic wheat price effects of wheat export controls. We explicitly take the fact into account that a harvest failure causes domestic price effects as well. Moreover, the analysis at the regional...