The study analyses the price formation and market functionality of the Finnish food chain. A significant portion of the report consists of international comparisons. The main comparison countries are the so-called old EU countries (EU15) of Western Europe, the new EU countries (EU12) and the...

Farmers' markets have long been popular sites of small retail trade and local cultural exchange in Europe, and have experienced recent rapid growth and diffusion in many parts of the world, including Australasia. This paper reports results from a study of farmers' markets in New Zealand, which...

This paper examines empirically two distinguishing aspects of the world's wine regions: their degree of specialization in certain varieties, as measured by a varietal intensity index; and their similarity with the varietal mix of other regions, as measured by a varietal-based regional similarity...