Erdgas ist für Deutschland in den letzten drei Dekaden immer wichtiger geworden, sei es für das Heizen von Gebäuden, die Bereitstellung von Prozesswärme in der Industrie oder die Stromerzeugung. Dabei ist die Importabhängigkeit bei Erdgas in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten auf fast 100 Prozent...

Using a road-level regression discontinuity design in Sierra Leone, we study the impacts of improvements in rural road infrastructure on crop prices in rural markets. We show that the improved roads reduced market prices of local crops. These price effects are stronger in markets that are...

Joining the European Union club implies, among many other policy changes, full integration of Romania's economy into EU's customs union. This is expected to have significant implications for domestic farmers and food processors. The paper constructs a single-country Applied General Equilibrium...

El propósito de este artículo ha sido analizar el comportamiento de las inversiones extranjeras en el sector agrícola de los cuatro miembros originales del Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR). Este estudio ha pretendido contribuir al debate sobre los efectos de los altos precios de los...

The aim of this article is to analyse the main incentives for foreign investment in agriculture in the four original Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) countries. This study constitutes a contribution to the debate about the effects of the present high agricultural commodity prices. Although...

El propósito de este artículo ha sido analizar el comportamiento de las inversiones extranjeras en el sector agrícola de los cuatro miembros originales del Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR). Este estudio ha pretendido contribuir al debate sobre los efectos de los altos precios de los...

The aim of this article is to analyse the main incentives for foreign investment in agriculture in the four original Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) countries. This study constitutes a contribution to the debate about the effects of the present high agricultural commodity prices. Although...

Romania has a large rural areas and a great potential, but the Romanian rural has many economic and social issues. The main idea is that the major risk for the Romanian rural development is generated of the combination between the transition problems, poverty and financing possibilities. For...

This paper uses detailed information on the latitude and longitude of conflict events within a set of Sub-Saharan African countries to study the impact of external income shocks on the likelihood of violence. We consider a number of external demand shocks faced by the country or the regions...

We analyze the way in which Latin American countries have adjusted to commodity terms of trade (CTOT) shocks in the 1970–2007 period. Specifically, we investigate the degree to which the active management of international reserves and exchange rates impacted the transmission of international...