Agricultural Price Formation in Theory and Reality

Ulrich Koester is Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics at the University of Kiel, Germany, and Associated Member of the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Halle. He is the author of an introductory textbook that has been published in German, English, Russian and Serbian. His achievements in research and teaching have been recognised by honorary doctorates from the Universities of Gießen (Germany), Hohenheim (Germany) and Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia). His research and several visiting professorships have been supported by institutions including the German Government, the World Bank, the European Union and the Food and Agriculture Organization. Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel has been Professor of Agricultural Policy at the University of Göttingen, Germany, since 1999. He studied agricultural economics at McGill University (Canada) and the University of Manitoba (Canada) and completed his PhD at the University of Kiel (Germany). He is Secretary-Treasurer of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE). His teaching and research focus on the analysis of agricultural policies and the study of market integration and price interactions in space and along the food chain.