We analyse a stylized model of the world grain market characterized by a small oligopoly of traders with market power … on both the supply and demand side. Crops are stochastic and exporting countries can impose export tariffs to protect … domestic food prices. Our first results is that export tariffs are strategic complements and that for poor harvests equilibrium …

We analyse a stylized model of the world grain market characterized by a small oligopoly of traders with market power … on both the supply and demand side. Crops are stochastic and exporting countries can impose export tariffs to protect … domestic food prices. Our first result is that export tariffs are strategic complements and that for poor harvests equilibrium …

Trade restrictions; export controls; food crisis policy; Former Soviet Union countries; functioning of agricultural … einem Land wie Russland, in dem sich der Getreidemarkt über ein großes geographisches Gebiet erstreckt. Daneben analysieren …This habilitation thesis focuses on the effectiveness of export controls to stabilize domestic food prices which were …

Restricting cross-border trade through export bans in an attempt to stabilize domestic prices has been a particularly … harvests and seasonality - two critical dimensions of smallholder agriculture in Africa - mediate the effects of export bans on … household welfare. This study assesses the short-term impact of export bans on prices and welfare of households in Malawi …