Wilhelm Brandes (agricultural scientist)

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Wilhelm Brandes (* 1936) is a German agricultural scientist. He is emeritus at the University of Göttingen in the field of agricultural economics and rural development.

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Brandes studied agricultural science at the University of Giessen (1958–1961). He received his doctorate in 1963 and habilitated in 1969 in the field of production economics under the direction of Emil Woermann at the University of Göttingen .

From 1974 to 1976 he worked as an agricultural economist for the World Bank in Washington, DC with a focus on agricultural projects in Turkey and Afghanistan .

He completed research stays at the universities of Dijon (France), New England (Australia) , Oxford (Great Britain), Southern California (USA) and Minnesota (USA).

He was particularly interested in the methodological and methodological questions of production, investment and decision theory as well as evolutionary economics. Since 2012 he has been an honorary member of the Society for Economic and Social Sciences in Agriculture

Publications (selection)

  • with A. Balmann, M. Odening, H.-P. Weikard: Path-dependence without increasing returns to scale and network externalities. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 29, 1996, pp. 159-172.
  • with E. Woermann: Landwirtschaftliche Betrieblehre. 2nd edition, Parey, Hamburg / Berlin 1969 and 1971.
  • with H.-J. Budde and E. Sperling: A computerized planning method for risky investments. European Review of Agricultural Economics 7 (1980), pp. 147-175.
  • Beyond the boundaries of the desk economy. Tübingen: Mohr, 1985.
  • with H. Müller and H.-P. Weikard: Turkeys and Guinea Fowl - A business simulation game accompanying the lecture for basic studies. Yearbooks for Economics and Statistics 207 (1990), pp. 193-205.
  • with M. Odening: Investment, Financing and Growth in Agriculture. Stuttgart: Ulmer, 1992.
  • with G. Recke and T. Berger: Production and environmental economics - traditional concepts, modifications and extensions.
  • About self-organization in simulation games. - An experience report -. Contribution to the discussion 2001, Institute for Agricultural Economics, University of Göttingen.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PROFESSORS REMEMBER TO REASON IN AGRICULTURAL POLICY pdf accessed on July 8, 2017
  2. ↑ Honorary members of GEWISOLA

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personal data
SURNAME Brandes, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agricultural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1936