E-Dissertationen: Browsing E-Dissertationen by Classification (DDC) "ddc:330"
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Abnormal profits and profit persistence: evidence from the European food industry
(2014-04-14)This thesis comprises three papers that aim to analyze the phenomenon of firm profits in the European food industry that differ from the competitive norm either at a specific point in time or over longer time periods. The ... -
Agri-food policies and Sustainable Development Goals: Quantitative food system analyses
(2022-08-23)The agricultural and food system is key to reaching several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), foremost those on food security (SDG2), reducing waste (SDG12), combatting climate change (SDG13), and reducing ... -
Analyses on the role of non-state actors for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals
(2020-09-17)The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by United Nations (UN) Member States in September 2015, aims to solve world sensitive sustainability issues through 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as focus ... -
Analysis of Water Use and Crop Allocation for the Khorezm Region in Uzbekistan Using an Integrated Hydrologic-Economic Model
(2011-04-20)Sustainable and efficient water management is of central importance for the dominant agricultural sector and thus for the population and the environment of the Khorezm region. Khorezm is situated in the lower Amu Darya ... -
Armed Conflicts and Forced Displacements: Incentives and Consequences on Consumption and Social Preferences
(2021-04-06)Several countries currently have ongoing armed conflicts or are in post-conflict. Relatedly, the number of refugees has almost doubled in the last decade from continued armed conflicts with an increasing influx to countries ... -
Assessing emerging technologies for sustainability transitions: An analysis from a technology, company and ecosystem perspective
(2023-06-29)Understanding the role of technological innovations has always been a central concern of strategic management research. Specifically, to address the current challenges of the 21<sup>st</sup> century, such as climate change ... -
Assessing the Role of Trade and Reserve Cooperation in the Food Price Dynamics: Indonesia in the Regional and Global Economic Architecture
(2016-04-25)The dissertation discusses the potential roles of trade and food reserve cooperation among countries in pursuing more stable food prices, with a special focus on Indonesia. The study starts by analyzing food price movements ... -
Beurteilung von Wetterderivaten als Innovation im Risikomanagement landwirtschaftlicher Betriebe
(2014-04-17)Wetterderivate sind relativ neue Instrumente im Risikomanagement. Sie bestimmen aus einem objektiv messbaren Wetterindex ihre Auszahlungssummen und überwinden somit einige Schwächen klassischer Versicherungslösungen, wie ... -
Bio-Based Energy, Rural Livelihoods and Energy Security in Ethiopia
(2015-09-21)The energy consumption in Ethiopia is based mainly (90%) on the traditional use of biomass for domestic needs, mostly using rudimentary cooking stoves. Against this background, the present study examines the importance of ... -
Biomass Energy Economics and Rural Livelihoods in Sichuan, China
(2017-07-05)This study investigates the influences of household biomass energy use on rural livelihoods in Sichuan Province of China. Of the 556 surveyed households, 432 (77.7%) households still use traditional solid biomass energy ... -
Conceptualising and estimating rationalised agricultural optimisation models
(2018-07-19)Computational modelling for quantitative agricultural policy assessment in the EU employs more farm level oriented approaches in recent years. This follows policy instruments that increasingly target the farm level and ... -
Conditional cash transfers, migration, and child welfare in rural El Salvador
(2023-06-23)Governments and households take various initiatives to protect and improve children’s welfare. The present research explores how effective some of those initiatives are in protecting child nutrition, increasing schooling, ... -
Consumer acceptance of biotechnology: the influence of product end-use, policy context, and information framing
(2018-06-07)Consumer acceptance of novel technologies is a prerequisite for market adoption of the derived products. The transition towards a more sustainable bioeconomy in Europe requires product and process innovation that promotes ... -
Consumption Choices: The effects of food production, markets and preferences on diets in India
(2019-12-20)The choice of which food to consume is often an individual choice. Yet, food and nutrition insecurity presents a situation that those who suffer from it have rarely chosen consciously. Availability of foods, their accessibility ... -
Dealing With Bribery in an Emission Tax Scheme: Theoretical and Experimental Evidence Based on the Indonesian Case
(2013-09-27)This dissertation is stemmed from the necessity of finding the optimal mixture of emission tax policies that induces the compliance under the presence of bribery, by taking the case of Indonesia. The Indonesian government ... -
Decentralized energy in India and its synergies with Water-Energy-Food security (WEF) nexus
(2018-11-15)The majority of rural Indian households remain dependent on traditional, inefficient and harmful household energy technologies. Rural households make their energy decisions with respect to the Water-Energy-Food security ... -
Econometric specification of constrained optimization models
(2007)This thesis provides a general estimation framework for econometric specification of constrained optimization models, with special attention to problems arising when (i) inequality constraints are present in the constrained ... -
Economic and policy mechanisms affecting land use decisions in the Brazilian agricultural frontier
(2021-06-16)The sustainable use of land resources is one of the most complex challenges facing the 21st century. As Brazil is one of the countries most endowed with land resources, it can facilitate global food and energy demands while ... -
Economic disruptions, markets and food security
(2020-12-30)Idiosyncratic and covariate shocks have considerable impacts on household food security and welfare. While impacts of covariate and idiosyncratic shocks have been widely documented, the mitigating role of infrastructure ... -
Economics of consumer and business behavior related to environment: studies in Belarus
(2023-11-23)Environmental problems constitute a major risk to humanity. This thesis empirically analyzes the implications of consumer and business behavior related to environment on three levels: on a micro-; on a meso-; and on a ...
