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Wouter Zant

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First Name:Wouter
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Last Name:Zant
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Terminal Degree:1998 Afdeling Economie; School of Business and Economics; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

(95%) School of Business and Economics
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands
http://sbe.vu.nl/
RePEc:edi:fewvunl (more details at EDIRC)

(5%) Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands
http://www.tinbergen.nl/
RePEc:edi:tinbenl (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Wouter Zant, 2022. "Two Birds with One Stone: Technology Adoption and Market Participation through Protection against Crop Failure," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 22-091/V, Tinbergen Institute.
  2. Wouter Zant, 2020. "How Costly is using Livestock as a Saving Device? A Note on Meat Prices during Food Shortages," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 20-021/V, Tinbergen Institute, revised 31 Jun 2020.
  3. Wouter Zant, 2019. "Mobile Phones and Mozambique Traders: What is the Size of Reduced Search Costs and Who Benefits?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 19-047/V, Tinbergen Institute.
  4. Wouter Zant, 2018. "Mobile Phones and Mozambique Farmers: Less Asymmetric Information and More Trader Competition?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 18-055/V, Tinbergen Institute, revised 27 Oct 2019.
  5. Aloysius Gunadi Brata & Henri (H.L.F.) de Groot & Wouter (W.) Zant, 2018. "Shaking Up the Firm Survival: Evidence from Yogyakarta (Indonesia)," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 18-021/VIII, Tinbergen Institute.
  6. Wouter (W.) Zant, 2017. "Bridges," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 17-117/V, Tinbergen Institute, revised 06 Apr 2019.
  7. Wouter Zant, 2017. "Impact of Mobile Phones on Staple Food Markets in Mozambique: Improved Arbitrage or Increased Rent Extraction?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 17-021/V, Tinbergen Institute, revised 26 Jan 2018.
  8. Wouter Zant, 2016. "How does Market Access for Smallholders affect Export Supply? The Case of Tobacco Marketing in Malawi," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 16-054/V, Tinbergen Institute, revised 08 Aug 2018.
  9. Wouter Zant, 2015. "Why Subsidize Fertilizer if Subsidizing Water is More Effective?," Working Papers 2015/09, Maastricht School of Management.
  10. Wouter Zant, 2015. "Trains, Trade and Transaction Costs: How does Domestic Trade by Rail affect Market Prices of Malawi Agricultural Commodities?," Working Papers 2015/05, Maastricht School of Management.
  11. Aloysius G. Brata & Piet Rietveld & Henri L.F. de Groot & Budy P. Resosudarmo & Wouter Zant, 2014. "Living with the Merapi Volcano: Risks and Disaster Microinsurance," Departmental Working Papers 2014-13, The Australian National University, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics.
  12. Wouter Zant, 2014. "Do Organic Inputs in African Subsistence Agriculture Raise Productivity? Evidence from Plot Data of Malawi Household Surveys," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 14-114/V, Tinbergen Institute.
  13. Zant, Wouter, 2013. "How is the liberalization of food markets progressing ? market integration and transaction costs in subsistence economies," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6331, The World Bank.
  14. Wouter Zant, 2012. "Is EU Support to Malawi Agriculture Effective?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 12-090/V, Tinbergen Institute.
  15. Wouter Zant, 2012. "How does Market Access affect Smallholder Behavior? The Case of Tobacco Marketing in Malawi," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 12-088/V, Tinbergen Institute, revised 25 Aug 2014.
  16. Zant, Wouter, 2010. "Market Integration with Transaction Costs in Developing Country Staple Food Markets: the Case of the Malawi Maize market," 2010 AAAE Third Conference/AEASA 48th Conference, September 19-23, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa 95777, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
  17. Molini, Vasco & Keyzer, Michiel A. & van den Boom, Bart & Zant, Wouter, 2007. "Creating safety nets through semi-parametric index-based insurance: A simulation for Northern Ghana," 101st Seminar, July 5-6, 2007, Berlin Germany 9263, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
  18. Zant, W., 1993. "Price and stock formation with rational expectations in the Indian natural rubber market," Serie Research Memoranda 0020, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics.

Articles

  1. Zant, Wouter, 2024. "Mobile phones and Mozambique farmers: Less asymmetric information and more trader competition?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 180(C).
  2. Zant, Wouter, 2023. "Mobile Phones and Mozambique Traders: Size, Composition and Distribution of Reduced Transaction Costs," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 116(C).
  3. Wouter Zant, 2023. "How costly is using livestock as a savings device?," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 15(1), pages 77-110, February.
  4. Wouter Zant, 2022. "Measuring Trade Cost Reductions Through a New Bridge in Mozambique: Who Benefits From Transport Infrastructure?," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 31(4), pages 384-408.
  5. Aloysius Gunadi Brata & Henri L. F. de Groot & Piet Rietveld & Budy P. Resosudarmo & Wouter Zant, 2021. "Resilience toward Volcanic Eruptions: Risk Perception and Disaster Microinsurance in Yogyakarta, Indonesia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-16, August.
  6. Wouter Zant, 2020. "If smallholder farmers have access to the world market: the case of tobacco marketing in Malawi," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 47(4), pages 1402-1437.
  7. Wouter Zant, 2018. "Trains, Trade, and Transaction Costs: How Does Domestic Trade by Rail Affect Market Prices of Malawi Agricultural Commodities?," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 32(2), pages 334-356.
  8. Aloysius Gunadi Brata & Henri L. F. de Groot & Wouter Zant, 2018. "The Impact of the 2006 Yogyakarta Earthquake on Local Economic Growth," Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Springer, vol. 2(2), pages 203-224, July.
  9. Aloysius Gunadi Brata & Henri L. F. De Groot & Wouter Zant, 2018. "Shaking up the Firm Survival: Evidence from Yogyakarta (Indonesia)," Economies, MDPI, vol. 6(2), pages 1-14, April.
  10. Wouter Zant, 2013. "How Is the Liberalization of Food Markets Progressing? Market Integration and Transaction Costs in Subsistence Economies," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 27(1), pages 28-54.
  11. Aloysius Gunadi Brata & Piet Rietveld & Henri L.F. de Groot & Wouter Zant, 2013. "The Krakatau Eruption in 1883: Its Implications for the Spatial Distribution of Population in Java," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(2), pages 27-55, December.
  12. Zant, Wouter, 2012. "The economics of food aid under subsistence farming with an application to Malawi," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(1), pages 124-141.
  13. Vasco Molini & Michiel Keyzer & Bart van den Boom & Wouter Zant & Nicholas Nsowah-Nuamah, 2010. "Safety Nets and Index-Based Insurance: Historical Assessment and Semiparametric Simulation for Northern Ghana," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 58(4), pages 671-712, July.
  14. Zant, Wouter, 2008. "Hot Stuff: Index Insurance for Indian Smallholder Pepper Growers," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 36(9), pages 1585-1606, September.
  15. Zant, Wouter, 2001. "Hedging Price Risks of Farmers by Commodity Boards: A Simulation Applied to the Indian Natural Rubber Market," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 29(4), pages 691-710, April.
  16. Zant, Wouter, 1997. "Stabilizing prices in commodity markets: Price bounds versus private stockholding," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 19(3), pages 253-277, June.

Citations

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Working papers

  1. Wouter Zant, 2018. "Mobile Phones and Mozambique Farmers: Less Asymmetric Information and More Trader Competition?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 18-055/V, Tinbergen Institute, revised 27 Oct 2019.

    Cited by:

    1. Wouter Zant, 2019. "Mobile Phones and Mozambique Traders: What is the Size of Reduced Search Costs and Who Benefits?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 19-047/V, Tinbergen Institute.

  2. Aloysius Gunadi Brata & Henri (H.L.F.) de Groot & Wouter (W.) Zant, 2018. "Shaking Up the Firm Survival: Evidence from Yogyakarta (Indonesia)," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 18-021/VIII, Tinbergen Institute.

    Cited by:

    1. Cappelletti, Matilde & Giuffrida, Leonardo Maria & Rovigatti, Gabriele, 2024. "Procuring Survival," CEPR Discussion Papers 18796, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    2. Cappelletti, Matilde & Giuffrida, Leonardo M., 2021. "Procuring survival," ZEW Discussion Papers 21-093, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    3. Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, 2021. "Pandemic Economics," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 20401.

  3. Wouter Zant, 2017. "Impact of Mobile Phones on Staple Food Markets in Mozambique: Improved Arbitrage or Increased Rent Extraction?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 17-021/V, Tinbergen Institute, revised 26 Jan 2018.

    Cited by:

    1. Wouter (W.) Zant, 2017. "Bridges," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 17-117/V, Tinbergen Institute, revised 06 Apr 2019.
    2. Wouter Zant, 2018. "Mobile Phones and Mozambique Farmers: Less Asymmetric Information and More Trader Competition?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 18-055/V, Tinbergen Institute, revised 27 Oct 2019.

  4. Wouter Zant, 2015. "Trains, Trade and Transaction Costs: How does Domestic Trade by Rail affect Market Prices of Malawi Agricultural Commodities?," Working Papers 2015/05, Maastricht School of Management.

    Cited by:

    1. Svanidze, Miranda & Götz, Linde, 2019. "Determinants of spatial market efficiency of grain markets in Russia," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 89, pages 1-10.
    2. Vincent Collins Matemba & Kasonde Mundende & Inonge Milupi, 2023. "Correlates of Transport Mode Choice: Dry Commodity Movement. A Case of Malawi," International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), vol. 10(11), pages 45-57, November.
    3. Remi Jedwab & Adam Storeygard, 2019. "Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960–2015," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(2), pages 156-208, May.
    4. Vincent Collins Matemba & Kasonde Mundende & Inonge Milupi, 2023. "Investigating and Weighing the Importance of Transport Mode Choice Factors: Dry-Cargo Shipping. A Case of Malawi," International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), vol. 10(10), pages 37-46, October.
    5. Vincent Collins Matemba & Kasonde Mundende & Inonge Milupi, 2023. "Contestability between Road and Rail Transport for Dry Cargo in Malawi: Cost and Service Reliability Issues. The Never Ending Race," International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), vol. 10(9), pages 335-342, September.
    6. Mangku Purnomo & Fenna Otten & Heiko Faust, 2018. "Indonesian Traditional Market Flexibility Amidst State Promoted Market Competition," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 7(11), pages 1-17, November.
    7. Merfeld, Joshua D., 2020. "Smallholders, Market Failures, and Agricultural Production: Evidence from India," IZA Discussion Papers 13682, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    8. Mu, Yali, 2024. "Measuring and benchmarking time-varying market efficiency," IAAE 2024 Conference, August 2-7, 2024, New Delhi, India 344294, International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE).
    9. Yali Mu & Stephan von Cramon‐Taubadel, 2022. "Estimating dynamic market efficiency frontiers," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 73(3), pages 633-653, September.
    10. Wouter Zant, 2022. "Measuring Trade Cost Reductions Through a New Bridge in Mozambique: Who Benefits From Transport Infrastructure?," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 31(4), pages 384-408.
    11. Joshua D. Merfeld, 2023. "Labor elasticities, market failures, and misallocation: Evidence from Indian agriculture," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 54(5), pages 623-637, September.
    12. Grzegorz Przekota & Anna Szczepańska-Przekota, 2024. "How Road and Rail Transport Respond to Economic Growth and Energy Prices: A Study for Poland," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(22), pages 1-21, November.
    13. Ngui Min Fui Tom, 2019. "Strategy to Build a Transshipment Port as a Catalyst to Achieving Critical Mass for Sabah’s Economic Growth," International Business Research, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 12(7), pages 141-166, July.
    14. Merfeld, Joshua, 2021. "Misallocation and Agricultural Production: Evidence from India," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315914, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    15. Merfeld, Joshua D., 2022. "Labor Elasticities, Market Failures, and Misallocation: Evidence from Indian Agriculture," 96th Annual Conference, April 4-6, 2022, K U Leuven, Belgium 321214, Agricultural Economics Society - AES.

  5. Zant, Wouter, 2013. "How is the liberalization of food markets progressing ? market integration and transaction costs in subsistence economies," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6331, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Ralandison, Tsilavo & Arimoto, Yutaka & Kono, Hisaki & Sakurai, Takeshi & Takahashi, Kazushi, 2015. "Rice flows across regions in Madagascar," IDE Discussion Papers 503, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO).
    2. Ofentse, Goetswamang Phankie, 2022. "Evaluation of the prospects of hedging Botswana's maize prices against the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Commodity Market Derivative," Research Theses 334751, Collaborative Masters Program in Agricultural and Applied Economics.
    3. Wouter Zant, 2012. "Is EU Support to Malawi Agriculture Effective?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 12-090/V, Tinbergen Institute.
    4. Robinson, Amanda Lea, 2016. "Internal Borders: Ethnic-Based Market Segmentation in Malawi," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 87(C), pages 371-384.
    5. Brenton, Paul & Portugal-Perez, Alberto & Regolo, Julie, 2014. "Food prices, road infrastructure, and market integration in Central and Eastern Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7003, The World Bank.
    6. Wouter (W.) Zant, 2017. "Bridges," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 17-117/V, Tinbergen Institute, revised 06 Apr 2019.
    7. Zant,Wouter, 2017. "Trains, trade and transaction costs : how does domestic trade by rail affect market prices of Malawi agricultural commodities ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8132, The World Bank.
    8. Wouter Zant, 2019. "Mobile Phones and Mozambique Traders: What is the Size of Reduced Search Costs and Who Benefits?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 19-047/V, Tinbergen Institute.
    9. Maureen Teresa Odongo & Roseline Nyakerario Misati & Anne Wangari Kamau & Kethi Ngoka Kisingu, 2022. "Climate Change and Inflation in Eastern and Southern Africa," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-17, November.
    10. Xinru Miao & Shaopeng Wang & Jiqin Han & Zhaoyi Ren & Teng Ma & Henglang Xie, 2024. "The Regional Heterogeneity of the Impact of Agricultural Market Integration on Regional Economic Development: An Analysis of Pre-COVID-19 Data in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(5), pages 1-33, February.
    11. Wouter Zant, 2023. "How costly is using livestock as a savings device?," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 15(1), pages 77-110, February.
    12. Zhang, Jian & Mishra, Ashok K. & Hirsch, Stefan, 2021. "Market-oriented agriculture and farm performance: Evidence from rural China," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
    13. Wouter Zant, 2022. "Measuring Trade Cost Reductions Through a New Bridge in Mozambique: Who Benefits From Transport Infrastructure?," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 31(4), pages 384-408.
    14. Wouter Zant, 2020. "How Costly is using Livestock as a Saving Device? A Note on Meat Prices during Food Shortages," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 20-021/V, Tinbergen Institute, revised 31 Jun 2020.
    15. Olivier Massol & Albert Banal-Estañol, 2017. "Market Power and Spatial Arbitrage beween Interconnected Gas Hubs," Working Papers hal-03186965, HAL.
    16. Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel, 2017. "The analysis of market integration and price transmission – results and implications in an African context," Agrekon, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(2), pages 83-96, April.

  6. Wouter Zant, 2012. "Is EU Support to Malawi Agriculture Effective?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 12-090/V, Tinbergen Institute.

    Cited by:

    1. Tony Addison & Saurabh Singhal & Finn Tarp, 2013. "Aid to Africa: the Changing Context," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2013-144, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

  7. Wouter Zant, 2012. "How does Market Access affect Smallholder Behavior? The Case of Tobacco Marketing in Malawi," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 12-088/V, Tinbergen Institute, revised 25 Aug 2014.

    Cited by:

    1. Zant,Wouter, 2017. "Trains, trade and transaction costs : how does domestic trade by rail affect market prices of Malawi agricultural commodities ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8132, The World Bank.
    2. Kevin J. A. Thomas & Christopher Inkpen, 2013. "Migration Dynamics, Entrepreneurship, and African Development: Lessons from Malawi," International Migration Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(4), pages 844-873, December.

  8. Molini, Vasco & Keyzer, Michiel A. & van den Boom, Bart & Zant, Wouter, 2007. "Creating safety nets through semi-parametric index-based insurance: A simulation for Northern Ghana," 101st Seminar, July 5-6, 2007, Berlin Germany 9263, European Association of Agricultural Economists.

    Cited by:

    1. Antoine Leblois & Philippe Quirion, 2011. "Weather-index drought insurance : an ex ante evaluation for millet growers in Niger," Working Papers hal-00866438, HAL.
    2. Sebastain N. Awondo & Octavio A. Ramirez & Gregory J. Colson & Esendugue G. Fonsah & Genti Kostandini, 2017. "Self†protection from weather risk using improved maize varieties or off†farm income and the propensity for insurance," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 48(1), pages 61-76, January.
    3. Platteau, Jean-Philippe & De Bock, Ombeline & Gelade, Wouter, 2017. "The Demand for Microinsurance: A Literature Review," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 139-156.
    4. Antoine Leblois & Philippe Quirion, 2013. "Agricultural insurances based on meteorological indices: realizations, methods and research challenges," Post-Print hal-00656778, HAL.

  9. Zant, W., 1993. "Price and stock formation with rational expectations in the Indian natural rubber market," Serie Research Memoranda 0020, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics.

    Cited by:

    1. Zant, Wouter, 1997. "Stabilizing prices in commodity markets: Price bounds versus private stockholding," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 19(3), pages 253-277, June.
    2. Kox, Henk L. M., 1997. "Effects of environmental policy on LDC commodity export earnings," Serie Research Memoranda 0048, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics.

Articles

  1. Zant, Wouter, 2024. "Mobile phones and Mozambique farmers: Less asymmetric information and more trader competition?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 180(C). See citations under working paper version above.
  2. Zant, Wouter, 2023. "Mobile Phones and Mozambique Traders: Size, Composition and Distribution of Reduced Transaction Costs," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 116(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Wouter Zant, 2018. "Mobile Phones and Mozambique Farmers: Less Asymmetric Information and More Trader Competition?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 18-055/V, Tinbergen Institute, revised 27 Oct 2019.

  3. Wouter Zant, 2023. "How costly is using livestock as a savings device?," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 15(1), pages 77-110, February.

    Cited by:

    1. Wouter Zant, 2018. "Mobile Phones and Mozambique Farmers: Less Asymmetric Information and More Trader Competition?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 18-055/V, Tinbergen Institute, revised 27 Oct 2019.

  4. Wouter Zant, 2022. "Measuring Trade Cost Reductions Through a New Bridge in Mozambique: Who Benefits From Transport Infrastructure?," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 31(4), pages 384-408.

    Cited by:

    1. Luke Heath Milsom, 2023. "Moving OpportunityLocal Connectivity and Spatial Inequality," CEPREMAP Working Papers (Docweb) 2303, CEPREMAP.
    2. Zant, Wouter, 2023. "Mobile Phones and Mozambique Traders: Size, Composition and Distribution of Reduced Transaction Costs," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 116(C).

  5. Wouter Zant, 2020. "If smallholder farmers have access to the world market: the case of tobacco marketing in Malawi," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 47(4), pages 1402-1437.

    Cited by:

    1. Nedson Ng’oma, 2024. "Book review: Intan Suwandi, Value Chains: The New Economic Imperialism," Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Centre for Agrarian Research and Education for South, vol. 13(2), pages 281-286, June.
    2. Wouter Zant, 2023. "How costly is using livestock as a savings device?," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 15(1), pages 77-110, February.
    3. Aleksandra Tošović-Stevanović & Vladimir Ristanović & Dragan Ćalović & Goran Lalić & Milena Žuža & Gorica Cvijanović, 2020. "Small Farm Business Analysis Using the AHP Model for Efficient Assessment of Distribution Channels," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(24), pages 1-15, December.

  6. Wouter Zant, 2018. "Trains, Trade, and Transaction Costs: How Does Domestic Trade by Rail Affect Market Prices of Malawi Agricultural Commodities?," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 32(2), pages 334-356. See citations under working paper version above.
  7. Aloysius Gunadi Brata & Henri L. F. De Groot & Wouter Zant, 2018. "Shaking up the Firm Survival: Evidence from Yogyakarta (Indonesia)," Economies, MDPI, vol. 6(2), pages 1-14, April.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  8. Wouter Zant, 2013. "How Is the Liberalization of Food Markets Progressing? Market Integration and Transaction Costs in Subsistence Economies," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 27(1), pages 28-54. See citations under working paper version above.
  9. Aloysius Gunadi Brata & Piet Rietveld & Henri L.F. de Groot & Wouter Zant, 2013. "The Krakatau Eruption in 1883: Its Implications for the Spatial Distribution of Population in Java," Economic History of Developing Regions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(2), pages 27-55, December.

    Cited by:

    1. Brata, Aloysius Gunadi & Triandaru, Sigit & Patnasari, Yenny & Setyastuti, Rini & Sutarta, Agustinus Edi & Sukamto, Andreas, 2022. "The Spanish Flu Pandemic and Income Distribution in Java: Lessons from the 1920s," Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, vol. 56(3), pages 103-117.
    2. Aloysius G. Brata & Henri L. F. de Groot & Piet Rietveld, 2014. "The Impact of the Indian Ocean Tsunami and the Nias Earthquake on the Spatial Distribution of Population in Northern Sumatra," Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(1), pages 101-121, April.

  10. Zant, Wouter, 2012. "The economics of food aid under subsistence farming with an application to Malawi," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(1), pages 124-141.

    Cited by:

    1. De Matteis, Alessandro & Ellis, Frank & Valdes, Ivan, 2017. "The relevance of market prices for the design of transfer programs in response to food insecurity," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 202-211.
    2. Wouter Zant, 2012. "Is EU Support to Malawi Agriculture Effective?," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 12-090/V, Tinbergen Institute.
    3. Wouter Zant, 2012. "How does Market Access affect Smallholder Behavior? The Case of Tobacco Marketing in Malawi," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 12-088/V, Tinbergen Institute, revised 25 Aug 2014.
    4. Zant,Wouter, 2017. "Trains, trade and transaction costs : how does domestic trade by rail affect market prices of Malawi agricultural commodities ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8132, The World Bank.
    5. Thomas Ferreira, 2018. "Does education enhance productivity in smallholder agriculture? Causal evidence from Malawi," Working Papers 05/2018, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
    6. Wouter Zant, 2023. "How costly is using livestock as a savings device?," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 15(1), pages 77-110, February.
    7. Wouter Zant, 2020. "How Costly is using Livestock as a Saving Device? A Note on Meat Prices during Food Shortages," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 20-021/V, Tinbergen Institute, revised 31 Jun 2020.
    8. Sitko, Nicholas J. & Scognamillo, Antonio & Malevolti, Giulia, 2021. "Does receiving food aid influence the adoption of climate-adaptive agricultural practices? Evidence from Ethiopia and Malawi," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    9. Tschirley, David & Myers, Robert & Zavale, Helder, 2014. "MSU/FSG Study of the Impact of WFP Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement on Markets, Households, and Food Value Chains," Food Security International Development Working Papers 184835, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.

  11. Vasco Molini & Michiel Keyzer & Bart van den Boom & Wouter Zant & Nicholas Nsowah-Nuamah, 2010. "Safety Nets and Index-Based Insurance: Historical Assessment and Semiparametric Simulation for Northern Ghana," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 58(4), pages 671-712, July.

    Cited by:

    1. Antoine Leblois & Philippe Quirion, 2011. "Weather-index drought insurance : an ex ante evaluation for millet growers in Niger," Working Papers hal-00866438, HAL.
    2. J. N. Okpara & E. A. Afiesimama & A. C. Anuforom & A. Owino & K. O. Ogunjobi, 2017. "The applicability of Standardized Precipitation Index: drought characterization for early warning system and weather index insurance in West Africa," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 89(2), pages 555-583, November.
    3. Park, Albert Sanghoon, 2017. "Does the Development Discourse Learn from History?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 52-64.
    4. Michael King & Anuj Pratab Singh, 2018. "Understanding farmers' valuation of agricultural insurance: Evidence from Vietnam," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2018-93, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

  12. Zant, Wouter, 2008. "Hot Stuff: Index Insurance for Indian Smallholder Pepper Growers," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 36(9), pages 1585-1606, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Mengmeng Qiang & Manhong Shen & Guanjun Xia, 2023. "The effectiveness of weather index insurance in managing mariculture production risk," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 67(2), pages 245-262, April.
    2. Antoine Leblois & Philippe Quirion, 2011. "Weather-index drought insurance : an ex ante evaluation for millet growers in Niger," Working Papers hal-00866438, HAL.
    3. Ayako Matsuda & Kazushi Takahashi & Munenobu Ikegami, 2019. "Direct and indirect impact of index-based livestock insurance in Southern Ethiopia," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 44(3), pages 481-502, July.
    4. Temesgen Belissa & Robert Lensink & Anne Winkel, 2020. "Effects of Index Insurance on Demand and Supply of Credit: Evidence from Ethiopia," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 102(5), pages 1511-1531, October.
    5. Vasco Molini & Michiel Keyzer & Bart van den Boom & Wouter Zant & Nicholas Nsowah-Nuamah, 2010. "Safety Nets and Index-Based Insurance: Historical Assessment and Semiparametric Simulation for Northern Ghana," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 58(4), pages 671-712, July.
    6. Belissa, Temesgen Keno & Lensink, Robert & van Asseldonk, Marcel, 2020. "Risk and ambiguity aversion behavior in index-based insurance uptake decisions: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 180(C), pages 718-730.
    7. Takahashi, Kazushi & Ikegami, Munenobu & Sheahan, Megan & Barrett, Christopher B., 2016. "Experimental Evidence on the Drivers of Index-Based Livestock Insurance Demand in Southern Ethiopia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 324-340.
    8. Clist, Paul & D’Exelle, Ben & Verschoor, Arjan, 2021. "An endowment effect for risk levels: Evidence from a Ugandan lab," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 182(C), pages 297-310.
    9. Hong Shi & Zhihui Jiang, 2016. "The efficiency of composite weather index insurance in hedging rice yield risk: evidence from China," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 47(3), pages 319-328, May.

  13. Zant, Wouter, 2001. "Hedging Price Risks of Farmers by Commodity Boards: A Simulation Applied to the Indian Natural Rubber Market," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 29(4), pages 691-710, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Lence, Sergio H., 2002. "Do Futures Benefit Farmers Who Adopt Them?," 2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA 19768, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    2. Sergio H. Lence, 2009. "Do Futures Benefit Farmers?," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 91(1), pages 154-167.
    3. Oliveira, Sydnei Marssal de & Ribeiro, Celma de Oliveira & Cicogna, Maria Paula Vieira, 2018. "Uncertainty effects on production mix and on hedging decisions: The case of Brazilian ethanol and sugar," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 516-524.

  14. Zant, Wouter, 1997. "Stabilizing prices in commodity markets: Price bounds versus private stockholding," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 19(3), pages 253-277, June.

    Cited by:

    1. Zant, Wouter, 2001. "Hedging Price Risks of Farmers by Commodity Boards: A Simulation Applied to the Indian Natural Rubber Market," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 29(4), pages 691-710, April.
    2. Femenia, Fabienne, 2012. "Should private storage be subsidized to stabilize agricultural markets after price support schemes are removed?:," IFPRI discussion papers 1205, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    3. Swaray, Raymond, 2011. "Commodity buffer stock redux: The role of International Cocoa Organization in prices and incomes," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 33(3), pages 361-369, May.
    4. Femenia, Fabienne, 2012. "Should private storage be subsidized to stabilize agricultural markets once price support schemes are removed? A General Equilibrium analysis applied to European reforms," Conference papers 330253, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
    5. Femenia, Fabienne, 2011. "To Subsidize or Not to Subsidize Private Storage? Evaluation of the Effects of Private Storage Subsidies as an Instrument to Stabilize Agricultural Markets After CAP Reforms," 2011 International Congress, August 30-September 2, 2011, Zurich, Switzerland 114360, European Association of Agricultural Economists.

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  1. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (8) 2012-09-22 2013-02-03 2015-04-25 2015-11-01 2016-07-30 2017-02-19 2020-05-04 2023-01-30. Author is listed
  2. NEP-AFR: Africa (5) 2012-09-22 2014-11-22 2015-04-25 2016-07-30 2018-06-18. Author is listed
  3. NEP-DEV: Development (4) 2014-11-22 2015-04-25 2015-05-30 2023-01-30
  4. NEP-PAY: Payment Systems and Financial Technology (3) 2017-02-19 2018-06-18 2019-07-22
  5. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (2) 2014-11-22 2015-11-01
  6. NEP-ICT: Information and Communication Technologies (2) 2017-02-19 2018-06-18
  7. NEP-TRE: Transport Economics (2) 2015-05-30 2018-01-01
  8. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (2) 2018-01-01 2019-07-22
  9. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (1) 2018-03-26
  10. NEP-COM: Industrial Competition (1) 2018-06-18
  11. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (1) 2014-11-22
  12. NEP-IAS: Insurance Economics (1) 2014-12-29
  13. NEP-INT: International Trade (1) 2013-02-03
  14. NEP-MFD: Microfinance (1) 2014-12-29
  15. NEP-REG: Regulation (1) 2019-07-22
  16. NEP-SEA: South East Asia (1) 2018-03-26

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