The instability of commodity prices and the hypothesis that speculative behaviour was one of its causes has brought renewed interest in futures markets. In this paper, the hedging effectiveness of European and US wheat futures markets were studied to test whether they were affected by the high...

The last important price changes within the food delivery chain caused a growth of food prices and a higher inflation rate. In the face of those circumstances the activities for improvement of food delivery chain have become very important, since it affects directly all citizens. The analysis...

The influence of international trade on the growth of GDP has undergone some changes in time. The paper presents national trade between Poland and Russia with a special emphasis on the agro-food trade. The paper includes an estimation of the effects in Polish national income obtained through...

The aim of the paper was to assess the role of services in Polish and German agriculture in comparison with that in the other EU countries. The analysis was based on the Economic Accounts for Agriculture. The research covered agricultural services, veterinary expenses and financial...

In years 2007-2008, prices of food and agricultural products surged dramatically all round the world. The time series analysis of monthly global prices from 1990 through April 2010 shows that prices for several commodity groups in 2007-2008 outpaced long-run price increases, suggesting many...

O trabalho tem a intenção de abordar o tema transporte escolar rural, analisando a forma como é realizado e os custos atuais, com estudo de caso realizado no município de Toledo–PR. A forma de planejamento urbano (de transportes e sistemas viários), a classificação dos transportes, o...

O objetivo desse trabalho é analisar os principais tributos incidentes sobre a cadeia de carne bovina brasileira, ressaltando as formas de sua sonegação. Os tributos considerados neste trabalho são: ITR, PIS/COFINS, ICMS, FUNRURAL, INSS, IRPJ, CSLL e CPMF. A metodologia utilizada é a...

This paper extends on work done in the heterogenous-firms trade literature by addressing both heterogeneity in trade costs at the firm level as well as the existence of financial constraints. These extensions to the heterogenous-firms models are also applied in the context of a developing...