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...

There is no consensus on what defines a reference for the world rice price. A review on rice as a differentiated commodity shed two important insights. First, it confirms that few studies have considered segmentation of rice in their price analysis. Second, Thai 5% brokens has often been...

[...] Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Ökolandbau in den Ländern vermehrt vorkommt, in denen ein höherer Anteil mäßig bis sehr gute Bodenqualitäten vorhanden ist. Mit einer eingängigen Schätzung konnte gezeigt werden, dass kein statistisch gesicherter Zusammenhang zwischen der Ökofl äche...

Applied general and partial equilibrium models are widely used tools for ex ante analysis of trade policy changes. However, simulation results seem to exhibit significant variation across publications, and the often criticised 'black box' character of applied trade models makes meaningful...