In dieser Arbeit werden die Preisbildung und Preisreaktionen im Naturkosthandel (NKH) anhand eines umfangreichen Scannerdatensatzes untersucht. Dabei werden Preiselastizitäten, Preisrigiditäten und Preissynchronisation sowie die Preistransmission in der Wertschöpfungskette (WSK) bei...

Space is an important dimension in agricultural markets because of the relatively high transport costs and the high spatial concentration of food production. However, only a few studies consider space as a factor. This doctoral thesis bridges the gap. First, the analytical results for all...

New product forecasting often focuses only on the new product itself, neglecting the fact that older technologies remain on the market to provide competition. Multi-generation innovation diffusion models are available, but have only rarely been tested on actual data. Furthermore, although causal...