Die „Geprüfte Qualität – HESSEN“ (GQH) ist ein stufenübergreifendes Zertifizierungszeichen für Lebensmittel mit einem Herkunftsbezug. Der Beitrag bewertet die GQH aus Produzentensicht. Es wird untersucht, ob ein Beitrag zur Einkommenssicherung in der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft...

Biofuels are increasingly regarded as energy sources with the potential to solve diverse problems related to serious concerns, including climate change, environmental degradation, energy supply, and energy security. Here we examine biofuels, primarily biofuels used for transportation (e.g.,...

The paper provides a critical appraisal of the normative program of behavioral economics known as new paternalism. Part II of the paper discusses main empirical and conceptual drawbacks of this approach and provides arguments for the alternative non-welfarist normative tradition based on the...

The paper provides a critical appraisal of the normative program of behavioral economics known as new paternalism. Part I of the paper explores its theoretical foundations, describes major behavioral anomalies associated with bounded rationality of economic agents, discusses normative principles...

This paper has two goals. First, we discuss several emerging approaches to applied welfare analysis under non-standard (“behavioral”) assumptions concerning consumer choice. This provides a foundation for Behavioral Public Economics. Second, we illustrate applications of these approaches by...

This survey provides a structured picture of 40 years of literature which uses welfare economic tools to judge agricultural policy. Challenges and developments of normative agricultural policy analysis are discussed in an easily accessible graphical framework. It is shown how the literature has...