RTG 1666: Transformation of Global Agri-Food Systems


Dr. Andras Tothmihaly was a GlobalFood member from 2013-2017. The information on this site reflects the status at the point of leaving GlobalFood.


Name

Dr. Andras Tothmihaly


Education


  • Ph.D. Candidate in Agricultural Economics, 10/2013–
    Chair of Agricultural Policy, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
    Specializations: Market structure and Price transmission
    Thesis: Three essays on the economivs of cocoa – The technical and environmental efficiency of Indonesian cocoa production (Download).
  • M.Sc. in Economic Analysis, Grade: 4.98/5.00, 08/2010–06/2012
    University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary
    Specializations: Regulatory economics and Financial economics
    Thesis: Dynamics of the world cocoa economy (grade: 5/5)
    The thesis models the world cocoa bean market with 3 structural equations: supply, demand and price. It estimates the model with 2SLS, 3SLS, LIML, FIML and GMM using yearly data from 1961 to 2010. The results show extremely price-inelastic supply and demand.
  • B.Sc. in Applied Economics, Grade: 4.86/5.00, 08/2007–06/2010
    University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary
    Specializations: Microeconomics and Financial economics
    Thesis: Factors of the 2006–2008 grain and soy price increase (grade: 5/5)
    The thesis models the corn, wheat and soybean CBOT futures prices and positions of 4 trader groups with VAR. It estimates the model with OLS using weekly data from 2006 to 2008. The results show that the speculative positions do not affect the prices.
  • Abitur, Grade: 5.00/5.00, 9/1993–06/1997
    Lovassy Laszlo Gymnasium, Veszprem, Hungary
    Specializations: Mathematics and Physics



Professional Experience


  • Ph.D. Researcher, GlobalFood Program, 10/2013–2017
    Chair of Agricultural Policy, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
  • Research Associate, Hungarian team, 12/2011–11/2012
    Financialisation, Economy, Society and Sustainable Development, EU 7th FP, Leeds, UK
  • Instructor, Econometrics course, B.Sc., 02/2012–06/2012
    Department of Economics, University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary
  • Consultant (econometrics), two M.Sc. Economics theses, 02/2012–02/2013
    1. Factors influencing the Hungarian infant mortality by Szabina Bertalan
    2. The effect of monetary policy on the Budapest Stock Exchange by Tamas Kovacs
    Department of Economics, University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary
  • Indexer, Smith, A.: The Wealth of Nations (Hungarian tr.), 09/2011–11/2011
    Napvilag Publishing House, Budapest, Hungary
  • Editor, Competition Law and Economics Wiki, 09/2009–02/2010
    Department of Comparative Economics, Corvinus University, Budapest, HungaryUniversity of Zimbabwe (2006-2007)



Projects


  • Price elasticity in the world cocoa market, 06/2012–
    Under review at Economics Letters
  • Causality between real consumption and GDP in Hungary, 02/2012–06/2012, Department of Economics, University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary
  • What predicts the literacy rate in Sub-Saharan Africa?, 02/2012–06/2012
    Department of Economics, University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary
  • Change in the wage return of the diploma 1986–2009 in Hungary, 02/2011–06/2011 Department of Economics, University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary
  • How does tourism affect employment in Hungary?, 02/2011–06/2011
    Department of Economics, University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary
  • The impact of the Turkish health and pension reforms, 09/2010–02/2011
    Department of Economics, University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary
  • The system dynamics modelling of sustainability, 02/2009–06/2009
    Department of Economics, University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary



Publications

Peer-reviewed publications or book chapters


  • Tothmihaly, A., V. Ingram, S. von Cramon-Taubadel (2019). How can the environmental efficiency of Indonesian Cocoa Farmers be increased? Ecological Economics 158, 134-145.
  • Tothmihaly, A. (2018). How low is the price elasticity in the global cocoa market? African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 13(3), 209-223.
  • Tothmihaly, A., V. Ingram (2018). How can the productivity of Indonesian cocoa farmers be increased? Agribusiness, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.21595.



Other publications



Presentations

Tothmihaly, A. (2012): Enhanced funds seeking higher returns. FESSUD 1st Annual Conference, Berlin, Germany, 29–31 October.


Workshops

FESSUD Workshop on the European Financial Systems, Bilbao, Spain, 2–4 July, 2012


Research Interests


  • Price transmission, Technical and environmental efficiency, Gravity modelling of trade flows, Poverty and sustainability, Food prices, Cocoa market (especially the Indonesian)



Scholarships

Faculty of Economics FESSUD Scholarship, University of Pannonia, 03/2012–05/2012
For participating in the FESSUD programme

Department of Economics Scholarship, University of Pannonia, 02/2012–06/2012
For teaching a BSc Econometrics course


Software Skills

Statistics: Stata, OxMetrics, JMulti, LimDep, FRONTIER, RATS, EViews, SPSS, gretl
Numerical analysis: MATLAB, Scilab
Database management: MySQL, Oracle
Office suites: MS Office, LibreOffice, Google Docs
LaTeX: Scientific WorkPlace, LyX, MiKTeX
Programming: C/C++, Prolog, SML


Languages

English (fluent), German (fluent), Hungarian (native)


Social Activities

Giving free acupuncture treatments (Naturopathy Certificate, Hungary), 2003–


Hobbies

Writing poems, Mountain biking, Vocal jazz


Other Activities

Farmer, Family lavender farm at Lake Balaton (Hungary), 1997–2013


References


  • Dr. Kollo, Janos (kollo.janos@krtk.mta.hu)
    Research Fellow, WDI, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, US)
    Research Fellow, IZA: Institute for the Study of Labor (Bonn, Germany)
    Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
    Research Director, Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
    Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Pannonia (Hungary)
  • Dr. Kiss, Karoly Miklos (kiss.karoly.miklos@krtk.mta.hu)
    Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
    Head of Economics of Networks research unit, Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
    Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Pannonia