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The role of fundamentals and financialisation in recent commodity price developments – an empirical analysis for wheat, coffee, cotton, and oil
In the context of recent commodity price hikes, the financialisation of commodity derivative markets, reflected in the increased presence of financial investors and new financial products such as commodity index and exchange traded funds has been controversially discussed. Many studies focus on the effect of passive index investors on rising commodity prices, but hardly look at the effect of the [...]
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Modelling the impacts of trade on employment and development: A structuralist CGE-model for the analysis of TTIP and other trade agreements
In recent years, a number of studies have been put forth to assess the potential economic effects of the EU-US trade agreement – the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Most studies report gains for the TTIP-member states. However, the commonly applied CGE models contain questionable assumptions such as full employment. In this report, we present a structuralist CGE-model for [...]
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Ex-ante versus ex-post assessments of the economic benefits of Free Trade Agreements
Much of the current discussion about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is focused on the potential welfare and employment effects. Supporters of TTIP often support their argument by highlighting the optimistic results of computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. CGE-models are the methodological backbone of most ex-ante impact assessments of free-trade agreements, as for [...]
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Documentation of Stakeholder and Expert Workshops in Amman, March 2019
FUSE (Food-water-energy for Urban Sustainable Environments) is a transdisciplinary 3-year research project (2018-2021) involving the Food-Water-Energy (FWE) Nexus in Jordan, with a focus on its capital, Amman. The project will develop a long-term systems model that can be used to identify viable paths to sustainability. It brings together scientists, engineers, economists, and stakeholder [...]
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Documentation of Stakeholder Workshops in Pune, July 2022
FUSE (Food-Water-Energy for Urban Sustainable Environments) is a transdisciplinary research project (2018-2022) involving the Food-Water-Energy resources nexus in the Bhima basin, India, with a focus on the greater Pune metropolitan region. The project developed a long-term systems model that was used to identify viable paths to resource sustainability. It brings together scientists, engineers, [...]
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Documentation of Stakeholder and Expert Workshops, and Strategic Policy Thinker Dialogue in Amman, September 2021
FUSE (Food-water-energy for Urban Sustainable Environments) is a transdisciplinary research project (2018-2022) involving the Food-Water-Energy resources nexus in Jordan, with a focus on its capital, Amman. The project developed a long-term systems model that was used to identify viable paths to resource sustainability. It brings together scientists, engineers, economists, and stakeholder [...]