Die deutsche Ernährungsindustrie kann 1996 ein Produktions- und Umsatzwachstum von etwa 2 % erwarten. Wesentliche Nachfrageimpulse kommen aus dem Ausland. Im Inland haben die Lebensmittelhersteller - sieht man vom "Wiedervereinigungsboom" ab - seit Jahren mit einem weitgehend stagnierenden...

Market access remains a major impediment for expansion of global trade in high-value foods, particularly processed foods. Countries use tariffs and other measures that effectively stimulate imports of relatively unprocessed agricultural commodities at the expense of processed products. Tariff...

This study analyzes the sensitivity of trade flows to trade barriers from gravity equations, using different econometric techniques recently highlighted in the literature. Specifically, we compare a benchmark OLS fixed effects specification a la Feenstra (2002) with three emerging estimation...

A multinacionális élelmiszer-kereskedelmi láncok a fejlett országok mellett ma már a fejlődő országok piacain is fokozottan jelen vannak, és egyre nagyobb szerepet játszanak a piaci kapcsolatokban. Megjelenésük, piaci súlyuk kiváltja az élelmiszergazdasági termékpályák...

The processes of structural change and modernisation in the food distribution industry have been submitted to different economic and institutional frameworks in European countries. Two essential factors have affected these changes: on one hand, the role of technical, financial and organisational...

This study investigates food trade impacts of the enormous numbers of trade agreements in the world with special focus on developing countries. The Gravity model is used for the empirical analysis and developed in a large panel data setting. The results suggest that both multilateral and...

The novelty of this paper is to use national rate of assistance (NRA) to assess the impact of domestic support on food security vulnerability to trade. We first build a theoretical framework linking the vulnerability of food security to trade and national policy intervention in agriculture....

The food retail trade in Poland is undergoing significant structural changes. The changes basically consist in a dynamic increase in the number of large-format stores, and also in the processes of integration and concentration of trade. In the food trade there are also qualitative changes taking...