This paper suggests spatial models as an alternative to the Armington approach to model bilateral trade. While the use of spatial models has been accepted for decades, they are rarely chosen for such analyses. However, problems inherent in the application of the Armington approach can be...

The probability that actors in economic relationships break rules increases with the profits they thus expect to earn. It decreases with the probability and level of short - and long-term losses resulting from disclosure. It also decreases with the level of social context factors and intrinsic...

Die politische Wende in der ehemaligen DDR im Jahr 1989 und die schon ein Jahr später erfolgte Vereinigung Deutschlands haben eine grundlegende Umgestaltung der ost-deutschen Landwirtschaft ausgelöst. Seitdem hat sich auf der Basis der allgemein gültigen und speziell für die Umgestaltung der...

In der WTO-Agrarhandelsrunde von Doha geht es neben dem Abbau von Exportsubventionen und der Abschaffung von Marktzugangsbeschränkungen auch um die weitere Reduktion von internen Subventionen, die als produktions- und damit handelsverzerrend eingestuft sind. Eine Gruppe von Ländern, darunter...

Politicians and farm lobbyists frequently use the argument that agricultural policy is necessaryto safeguard jobs in agriculture. We explore whether this is true by conducting an econometricex-post evaluation of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the threeEast German...

We analyze the effects of prior gain and loss experiences on individuals’ behavior in twocoordination games: battle of the sexes and simultaneous market entry. We proposesubjectively transformed games that integrate elements of prospect theory, aggregation ofprior and subsequent payoffs, and...

Policies for rural areas have become an important but complex policy field in the EuropeanUnion`s Common Agricultural Policy. The purpose of this paper is to report on amethodological approach pursued to model the allocation of EAFRD (European AgriculturalFund for Rural Development) funds in...

Among the family-farms in western Germany, significant regional differences are observable.They exist not only with respect to present farm-structure but also with respect to patterns ofstructural change. In the present paper, the different farm-development-strategies that causethese regional...

This paper explains regionally differentiated patterns of structural change based on a theoreticalframework dealing with strategic interaction of farms on the land market. The main research questionfocuses on the causes of regionally persistent structures. An empirical Markov chain model is...

We investigate the strategic decision behavior of female entrepreneurs in a realistic marketentry experiment where individuals started with gains or losses experienced prior to the game.We compare the entry behavior of female entrepreneurs to the entry behavior of maleentrepreneurs and to the...