This paper investigates the impacts of export controls in Russia and Ukraine on wheat world market price transmission … during the 2007/2008 global food crisis. Russia and Ukraine aimed to reduce wheat exports induced by extraordinarily high … correction model (MSVECM), we find that the temporary export restrictions induced negative effects on wheat markets in Russia and …

scarce. This paper analyses the domestic market impact of wheat export controls in Russia and Ukraine during the 2007 … contrast our estimation for Russia and Ukraine with Germany and the USA, two countries that did not intervene in their wheat … export markets. An explicit “crisis” regime during times of export controls is exclusively identified for Russia and Ukraine …

Considering emerging economies like China and Russia, we analyze whether income growth as a major driver of nutrition …. Our results indicate that future income growth in China and Russia will continue to increase meat and fat consumption …

substantial effects of infrastructure on interregional wheat trade in Russia. Especially, the quality of infrastructure seems to …

In this paper we aim to investigate the demand for crop insurance in Russia, identifying primary influencing factors … regions (oblasts) of Russia for the years 2008-2011. We follow Goodwin’s (1993) approach to estimate the crop insurance demand … transferring it to the producers. Therefore, the insurance program in Russia does not function as a subsidy transfer mechanism for …

export controls, distinguishing regional price effects within Russia. We observe heterogeneity in the damping and insulating … effects of the export controls among the KRU and among the regions of Russia. Our model identifies the strongest domestic … price effects during the export ban in North Caucasus (Russia), which were transmitted to Central, Black Earth and Volga …

Over the last decade, major shifts have occurred in international wheat trade. On the supply side, Russia, Ukraine and … Kazakhstan emerged as important wheat exporters and Russia is even projected to displace the United States as the leading …

Contrary to the experiences of other countries, perceptions of job insecurity in Russia were not correlated with the … wage distribution faced by workers. We test this hypothesis using data from ten panel rounds of Russia Longitudinal …