Home CV International Rubber Study Group Presentations Project reports In the press Free University Amsterdam Projects 1993-2004 Rubber publications Other commodity publications Other publications Contact Other Commodity Publications ‘A new cocoa model’, paper prepared for the ICCO, London, United Kingdom, 2 September 2004, 40 pp. (with C.P.J. Burger). 'Feasibility of making price risk management instruments available to oil palm smallholders in Indonesia and Thailand', Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2004, pp. 1-44 (with C.L. Gilbert and W. Zant). ‘Producer agreements in agricultural commodities’, paper prepared for the Commodity Consultation Meeting of the FAO, Rome, Italy, 17 March 2003, pp. 32 (with C.L. Gilbert). ‘A vintage model for palm oil production in Thailand’, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2002, 22 pp. ‘Regulation and deregulation of commodity markets in the twentieth century’, in: E. Chrispeels (eds.), International Commodity Organisations in Transition, London: Cameron Ltd., United Kingdom, May 2002 (with C.P.J. Burger and C.L. Gilbert). ‘Understanding the changes in the cocoa and chocolate market’, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2000 (with C.P.J. Burger). ‘A model for the cocoa and chocolate market, summary and simulations’, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2000, 56 pp. (with C.P.J. Burger). ‘Demand for cocoa; background paper for modelling and forecasting the market for cocoa and chocolate’, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2000, 39 pp. (with C.P.J. Burger). ‘Prices of cocoa, cocoa products and chocolate products; background paper for modelling and forecasting the market for cocoa and chocolate’, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2000, 27 pp. (with C.P.J. Burger). ‘Supply of cocoa; background paper for modelling and forecasting the market of cocoa and chocolate’, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2000, 56 pp. (with C.P.J. Burger). ‘Demand for chocolate products; background paper for modelling and forecasting the market for cocoa and chocolate’, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2000, 79 pp. (with C.P.J. Burger). ‘The world pepper economy - developments and outlook’, in: Ravindran, P.N. (ed.), Black Pepper; Piper Nigrum, Harwood Academic Publishers, Singapore, 2000, pp. 381-424 (with C.P.J. Burger). ‘Trade in cocoa and cocoa products; background paper for modelling and forecasting the market for cocoa and chocolate’, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2000, 241 pp. (with C.P.J. Burger). ‘Analytical assessment of the feasibility of implementing risk management instruments’, ESI, Amsterdam, 2000, 10 pp. (with C.L. Gilbert and W. Zant). ‘The possible impact of price insurance for farmers on commodity markets’, paper for the World Bank, 5 April 2000, 4 pp. ‘International commodity organizations and their role in commodity risk management’, paper for the World Bank, 13 April 2000, 8 pp. ‘Analyzing and forecasting changing relationships between prices – a state-space model approach’, paper for the 19th International Symposium on Forecasting, 2 June 1999, Washington D.C., U.S.A., ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,1999, 17 pp. (with B. Vogelvang). ‘Modelling and forecasting the market for cocoa and chocolate - supply of cocoa -’, background paper nr. 1, to the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, January 1999, 55 pp. (with K. Burger) (confidential). ‘Modelling and forecasting the market for cocoa and chocolate - demand for chocolate products -’, background paper nr. 2, to the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 1998, 88 pp. (with K. Burger) (confidential). ‘Modelling and forecasting the market for cocoa and chocolate - price of cocoa, cocoa products and chocolate products -’, background paper nr. 5, to the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 1998, 88 pp. (with K. Burger) (confidential). ‘Modelling and forecasting the market for cocoa and chocolate - trade in cocoa and cocoa products -’, background paper nr. 4, to the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 1998, 241 pp. (with K. Burger) (confidential). ‘Supply management through area control and auctioning: towards an empirical assessment’, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 1997, 13 pp. (with K. Burger). ‘The impact of prices and technology on the replanting of perennial crops’, in: Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e. V., 1997, pp. 263-271 (with K. Burger). ‘Supply rationalization and related issues; supply management through area control: towards an empirical assessment’, Proceedings 8th meeting of the advisory group on the world cocoa economy, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 1996, pp. 1-10 (with K. Burger). ‘Modelling long-run and short-run interaction between commodity prices, partly restricted by international commodity agreements’, Research Memorandum, Tinbergen Institute 96-149/7, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 20 pp. (with E. Vogelvang). ‘Modelling and forecasting the market for cocoa and chocolate’, paper for the seminar on modelling and forecasting for cocoa, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1996, 112 pp. (with K. Burger). ‘Analysis, projections and supply management policies for the world pepper economy, Towards a more vibrant pepper’, Economic studies in trade and investment nr. 4, United Nations, 1995, pp. 31-111 (with J. Bade and N. Haryanto). ‘Eucalyptus wood: a concept model for supply and demand’, report for the Office of Agricultural Economics, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Bangkok, Thailand, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 1995, 12 pp. (with K. Burger). ‘Modelling long-term and short-term interaction between commodity prices, partly restricted by international commodity agreements’, paper for the 15th Annual International Symposium on Forecasting, Toronto, Canada, 4-7 June 1995, pp. 1-26 (with E. Vogelvang). ‘Marketing of silk in Thailand’, report for the EC-project DEVSILK, Thailand, May 1995, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 154 pp. (with E. Masurel). ‘Transnational corporations as importers of primary commodities: the cases of cacao, coffee, tea and tin’, Transnational corporations and the international trade in primary commodities, Monograph, nr. 3, ESCAP and UNCTAD, United Nations, New York, U.S.A. 1994, pp. 347-416 (with P.S. Hofman). International commodity policy: a quantitative analysis, Routled­ge, London, United Kingdom, 1993, 303 pp. (with K. Burger and R. Herrmann). International Commodity Development Strategies, VU-Uitgeverij, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1993, 439 pp. (with B. Hartantyo (ed.)). ‘Developing a commodity information system including a computer simulation model for policy formulation for production, processing and marketing of silk’, Expert Group Meeting on silk information systems, September 1993, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1993, 43 pp. A quantitative analysis of international commodity policy, Routledge, London, United Kingdom, 1992, with K. Burger and R. Herrmann). ‘Modelling and policy formulation in the case of pepper, the use of econometric models for commodity policy formulation’, ESCAP, 1989, New York, U.S.A., 1991, pp. 85-107. (with J. Bade). ‘Modelling and policy formulation for commodity markets, the use of econometric models for commodity policy formulation’, United ESCAP, 1989, New York, U.S.A., 1991, pp. 21-54. ‘Modelling and policy formulation for commodity markets’, paper for the international workshop on cooperation among the IPC member countries in the development and use of a computer simulation model for forecasting supply, demand and prices of pepper, Jakarta, Indonesia, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1991, 117 pp. ‘The role of TNCs in the international trade of primary commodities - the cases of cocoa, coffee, tea and tin - addendum’, report for ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1991, 10 pp. (with P.S. Hofman). ‘The pepper economy’, report for the international workshop about pepper diseases, Lampung, Indonesia, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1991, 57 pp. (with J. Bade). ‘Modelling the pepper market’, paper for the international workshop on cooperation among the IPC member countries in the development and use of a computer simulation model for forecasting supply, demand and prices of pepper, Jakarta, Indonesia, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1991, 78 pp. (with Jan Bade). ‘The role of trans-national corporations in the international trade of primary commodities -the cases of cocoa, coffee, tea and tin-‘, report for ESCAP, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1990, 86 pp. (with P.S. Hofman). ‘Commodity policy: price stabilization versus financing’, in: L.A. Winters and D. Sapsford (eds.), Primary Commodity Prices: Economic Models and Policy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1990, pp. 240-302 (with R. Herrmann en K. Burger). ‘Modelling and policy formulation in the case of Pepper’, report for ESCAP, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1989, 40 pp. (with J. Bade). ‘Modelling and policy formulation for commodity markets’, report for ESCAP, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1989, 78 pp. ‘Producers' cooperation for rationalization of investments and supply of primary commodities’, report for United Nations’ Secretary-General's Expert Group on Africa's Commodity Problems, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1989, 16 pp. (with M. Pomp). ‘Supply management of commodity exports by developing countries’, report for UNCTAD, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1989, 249 pp. (with N. Kanan, J. Bade, K. Burger, M. Pomp and G.D. Wansink). ‘Modelling supply and demand of pepper and pepper products’, report for Second Meeting of the International Spices Group, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1989, 14 pp. (with J. Bade). ‘Co-operation among the IPC member countries in the development and use of a computer simulation model for forecasting supply and demand of pepper and pepper products’, report for the IPC, ESI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1988, 83 pp. (with J. Bade). ‘A modelling analysis of jute growing, processing and trade’, ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand, November 1986 (with K. Burger). ‘Construction and application of analytical tools in the jute economy’, paper for the workshop on application of analytical tools for production planning and marketing strategies for jute and jute products, Bangkok, Thailand, November 1986 (with K. Burger). ‘Functioning and effectiveness of buffer stocks’, paper for Business Seminar on trade and commodity finance, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 1984. ‘Quantitative analysis of the jute market; second progress report’, prepared for the Government Consultation among jute producing countries, Hangzhou, China, October 1984 (with K. Burger). ‘Quantitative analysis of the jute market: background and framework’, paper prepared for the Government Consultation among jute producing countries, Hangzhou, China, October 1984 (with K. Burger). ‘Market developments for jute fibre and jute goods’, Research Memorandum 1984-15, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 1984 (with H. Clemens).            hiddesmit@rubberforecasts.com