This book offers new insights into the theory and practice of economic airport regulation. In light of recent developments in aviation markets and policy, and the debate on airport regulation and benchmarking, it offers case studies on various aspects of economic regulation of city and regional...

Although there is a lot of evidence for the positive welfare effects of contract farming, it is not clear how to integrate farmers into contracts and how to maintain stable long-term-relationships between farmers and agri-business firms. While Contract Farming is a formal institutional...

Ökonomisches Wachstum bringt für die Gesellschaft eines Landes Wandel auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen mit sich. In dieser Dissertation werden in drei Aufsätzen die Folgen des globalen Ernährungswandels und regionale Vereinbarungen gegen den Klimawandel näher untersucht. Der globale...

Detailed analyses of poverty and wellbeing in developing countries, based on household surveys, have been ongoing for more than three decades. The large majority of developing countries now regularly conduct a variety of household surveys, and their information base with respect to poverty and...