European cattle markets have recently undergone significant change. We explore the simultaneous impacts of agricultural policy reform and the occurrence of an animal health crisis on spatial interdependencies of calf prices of four major European Union markets. The markets are found to be...

Ist Coaching eine Dienstleistung? Wolfgang Looss hat sich in den Positionen 2/2014 mit dieser Frage kritisch auseinander gesetzt. Dabei kommt er zu einer Reihe präziser und pointierter Beschreibungen der aktuellen Coachingpraxis, vor allem was deren Selbstverständnis betrifft. Einige ihrer...

Israel’s imposition of military security measures in the Palestinian territories as a consequence of the long-lasting violent conflict between them has negative economic effects on all parties concerned. One crucial outcome is the limited ability to carry out trade, which brings about welfare...