The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was fundamentally reformed in 2003. From 2005 on, farmers will receive decoupled income support payments instead of production premiums if basic standards for environment, food safety, animal health and welfare are met. Farmers will likely adjust production...

Eines der bekanntesten Klimaphänomene ist das El-Niño-Phänomen. Starke El-Niño-Episoden können mit schweren Schäden an Umwelt und Landwirtschaft einhergehen und haben weitreichende sozioökonomische Konsequenzen. Der Beitrag erläutert zunächst die Entstehung des El-Niño-Phänomens und...

The author shows with pooled OLS estimations based on transport margins from international social accounting data that investments in improved road infrastructure have the potential to significantly reduce transport costs. However, this result can only be clearly confirmed for industrial...