Die vergangenen anderthalb Jahre haben sich für die Getreideproduzenten weltweit und in der EU zeitweise von ihrer besten Seite präsentiert. Die gezahlten Preise für Weizen haben ein Rekordhoch erreicht, von Mai 2007 bis Februar 2008 haben sie sich um mehr als das 1,7fache erhöht. Bis Juli...

Using a unique panel data set for German grocery prices we find significant price synchronization within food retail chains as well as within individual food stores (between products). Price synchronization between chains appears to be less pronounced.(...)

According to FAO about one-third of the food worldwide is discarded. The economic, environmental, and social (ethical) impact of food loss and waste (FLW) is substantial. Food waste (FW) at the household level in high income countries makes a significant share of total FLW. Target 12.3 of the...

Der vorliegende Beitrag widmet sich der empirischen Analyse des Einflusses der Euro-Einführung auf die Preisbildung im Lebensrnitteleinzelhandel. Während sich bestehende Studien im Wesentlichen auf eurobedingte Preisrundungseffekte und andere preispsychologische Phänomene konzentrieren, wird...

Temporary price reductions (sales) as a means of promotion have become an increasingly important tool in the marketing mix of food retailers around the world. This paper investigates the retailers' pricing strategy by explicitly accounting for the multi-product nature of retailing. We find that...

This paper provides a comparative static analysis of farm household's production, consumption, and labor market decisions under alternative tax policies. We explore the implications of non-separable household decisions caused by widespread non-participation in labor, land, financial and/or food...

Emerging economies often establish commodity futures markets to discover price signals, manage price risks and improve market integration, but establishing a futures market may not be feasible for agricultural perishables. In this study, we evaluated the function of the world’s first fresh...

The effects of increasing Internet use in developing economies have attracted various attention from politicians and academic researchers, while the literature investigating the effects of Internet use on nutrition and health is insufficient. In particular, research on China, with its large...