The volatility of agricultural markets has increased remarkably in recent years. In spite of this, the way in which supply chain actors perceive market volatility has only rarely been analyzed. This paper seeks to close this research gap by presenting empirical findings about how the volatility...

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Markets for agricultural and food products are characterized by high information asymmetries since producers, processors and retailers are in most cases much better informed about the quality of their products than consumers (Henson/Traill 1993). Often consumers are only at (prohibitively) high...

The volatility of agricultural markets has increased remarkably in recent years. In spite of this, the way in which supply chain actors perceive market volatility has only rarely been analyzed. This paper seeks to close this research gap by presenting empirical findings about how the volatility...

Im Zuge der Reform der EU-Agrarpolitik werden seit dem Midterm-Review zunehmend weniger politische Instrumente zur Stützung des europäischen Milchmarkts eingesetzt. Dadurch und durch die wahrscheinlich im Zuge der WTO-Verhandlungen erfolgende Lockerung des EU-Außenschutzes werden...