Only few models exist which allow for a regime-dependent spatial price equilibrium. This paper focuses on the price insulating effects of export restrictions. Theory suggests that export restrictions lead to multiple spatial equilibria between the domestic and the world market price. Our...

The aim of this study is to contribute to the explanation of consumer behaviour. To do so, it is not sufficient to identify the product characteristics most relevant to the consumer. Moreover, the reasons why consumers attach meaning to the product attributes have to be found out, whereas the...

German food retailing is characterized by fierce competition among retail chains for consumer shopping. This paper considers the switching behaviour using data of white dairy product purchases. The empirical investigation uses a survival analysis approach, in particular hazard analysis. The...

The current publication covers Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99, the FYR Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, and provides an overview of the agricultural situation in the European Union (EU) candidate and potential candidate countries of the Western Balkans (WBs)....

The paper presents the results of mid-term-evaluation of rural development plans of five German Federal States. It focuses on a comparative analysis of the implementation of Natura-2000-Payments (Code 213) and shows the relationship between voluntariness on one hand and administrative law in...

Kazakhstanâs agricultural sector plays an important role in the country's economy. Not only does it function as an economic output producer, it also serves as a social buffer in times of transition to a market economy. The restructuring process had a strong impact on the economic performance of...

Die Internationalisierung der Märkte stellt auch die Unternehmen des Agribusiness vor große Herausforderungen. Am Beispiel von 21 führenden europäischen Genossenschaften der Mol-kerei- und Fleischwirtschaft wird daher in dem Beitrag der Zusammenhang zwischen Interna-tionalisierungsgrad und...

For European operators of biofuels plants there are not many hedge vehicles available to hedge operational margins. Cross hedges for rapeoil (with the rapeseed futures contract) and RME (with the NYMEX diesel futures contract) could be useful instruments. We use recent developments on threshold...