[...] In einer Eventstudie werden im Folgenden zentrale Auswirkungen des russischen Importstopps auf deutsche Lebensmittelmärkte abgebildet. Damit soll auch ein Beitrag zur Modellierung von Sanktionseffekten geleistet werden. Beispielhaft werden die Märkte für Äpfel und für Milch...

The discussion on the significance for development policy of the Stabex system, which gained additional impetus as a result of the financing problems observed for the first time in 1981, has up to now suffered from a lack of empirical analysis of the scheme's effects. The following article...

In many industrialized countries, the grocery-retailing sector exhibits a strong and increasing market concentration. Hence, it is important to understand retail pricing for many questions related to market power in the marketing chain and to agricultural and food policies. We analyze...

Since their implementation at the Uruguay Round, tariff rate quotas (TRQs) have become a widely used instrument of trade policy in agricultural trade. With almost 1300 TRQs scheduled at the WTO, it seems worthwhile to examine their economic effects more closely. This is what this paper does....