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...

Over the last decade the link between agricultural and oil markets has reinforced after the introduction of biofuels as substitutes for gasoline and diesel. Although the literature on price transmission between these markets is prolific, research on second order moment dynamics is scant. This...