Paper prepared for presentation at the 7th Industrieforum PelletsStuttgart (Germany), 10th October 2007

We examine two distinct and important dimensions (e.g. symmetry vs. asymmetry and linearity vs. nonlinearity) of price transmission from international to retail coffee prices in France, Germany and the United States. We show that ignoring these two features of the price transmission process may...

An increasing number of studies deals with consumer decisions regarding organic food, but only a few provide quantitative estimates of price and income elasticities. This paper contributes to the existing literature by providing own-price elasticity estimates as well as an analysis of the...

Price promotions are important marketing activities for (food) retailers; brand loyalty is a major requisite to foster brands' assets. Several theoretical papers have analyzed the relationship between price promotions and brand loyalty resulting in mixed or perhaps contradictory outcomes; only a...

Der deutsche Lebensmitteleinzelhandel ist durch einen starken Preiswettbewerb gekennzeichnet. Hinweise für funktionierenden Wettbewerb sind einheitliche Preise und gleichzeitige Preisänderungen (Preissynchronisation) bei homogenen Gütern. Im deutschen Lebensmitteleinzelhandel sind jedoch...

Ein hohes Maß an Produktdifferenzierung kennzeichnet viele Märkte der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft, ebenso ein zunehmender Wettbewerb unter dem Einfluss von Globalisierung und der weiteren Liberalisierung der Agrarmärkte. Umso wichtiger wird es für Unternehmen, ihre Marktanteile auf...

This article analyses the impact of national, European and global biofuel targets on German food production and land allocation until 2020. The LEITAP General Equilibrium Model simulates the interaction of agricultural and energy markets in response to the envisaged expansion of the biofuel...

European consumers and, in particular, German consumers are known to be very critical towards the introduction of genetically modified (GM) foods. It is analyzed here whether German consumers do reject second-generation GMO foods, too. Whereas first-generation GM crops induced producer-related...

Increasing grain price volatility over the last year has revived the discussion on optimal marketing strategies. Various models of optimal grain marketing have been proposed and simulated in the literature. In this study an overview on these models is presented and critical aspects are...