The current debate on trade liberalization is accompanied by an increased concern about environmental and food safety issues leading to frictions of different country groups under the World Trade Organization (WTO). This discussion paper aims at shedding more light on some of the issues in the...

Die vorliegende Arbeit leistet einen Beitrag zum relativ neuen Konzept der Pfadbrechung. Auf Basis von Simulationsrechnungen mit dem agentenbasierten Agrarstrukturmodell AgriPoliS und qualitativen Daten von Stakeholdern aus dem Bereich der Milchproduktion werden Aussagen zu möglichen...

US farm programs have been moving towards using insurance to provide the farm safety net for many years but this policy transformation has not been realized for dairy farms. Historically, support for dairy farmers focused on milk price but has been declining in real terms for decades. Dairy...