This paper presents a critical analysis of the SSG and a simulation of its effects for Brazilian sugar exports to countries such as the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) bloc. A first stage involved the identification of tariff lines (TL) for the EU and the US sugar imports from...

The study is an endeavor to test the validity of convergence hypothesis in Indian sugar Industry. For inferential purpose, data for 12 major sugar-producing states over the period 1974/75 to 2004/05 has been used. The technical efficiency and scale efficiency scores have been computed using the...

We experimentally manipulate two aspects of the cognitive environment, cognitive depletion and recent sugar intake, and estimate their effects on individuals' time preferences in a way that allows us to identify the structural parameters of a simple (α,β,δ) intertemporal utility function for...

Anlass für dieses Gutachten ist die Preisentwicklung am Zuckermarkt der EU seit Herbst 2009, als der Zuckerpreis der Absenkung des Referenzpreises nicht mehr gefolgt ist. Seit Herbst 2010 ist der Preis sogar deutlich gestiegen, mit einer drastischen Beschleunigung im Herbst 2011. Wie ist diese...

"European markets almost exclusively relied on Caribbean sugar produced by slave labor until abolitionist campaigns began around 1800. Thereafter, importing Asian sugar and transferring plantation production to Asia became a serious option for the Western world. In this book, Ulbe Bosma details...