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The Economics of Food Price Volatility (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report)
Jean-Paul Chavas
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Description for The Economics of Food Price Volatility (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report)
Hardcover. There has been an increase in food price instability in recent years, with varied consequences for farmers, market participants, and consumers. Does financial speculation affect food price volatility? This book address this and other questions. Editor(s): Chavas, Jean-Paul; Hummels, David; Wright, Brian D. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 440 pages, 53 line drawings, 55 tables. BIC Classification: KCT; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
There has been an increase in food price instability in recent years, with varied consequences for farmers, market participants, and consumers. Before policy makers can design schemes to reduce food price uncertainty or ameliorate its effects, they must first understand the factors that have contributed to recent price instability. Does it arise primarily from technological or weather-related supply shocks, or from changes in demand like those induced by the growing use of biofuel? Does financial speculation affect food price volatility? The researchers who contributed to The Economics of Food Price Volatility address these and other questions. They examine the forces ... Read more
There has been an increase in food price instability in recent years, with varied consequences for farmers, market participants, and consumers. Before policy makers can design schemes to reduce food price uncertainty or ameliorate its effects, they must first understand the factors that have contributed to recent price instability. Does it arise primarily from technological or weather-related supply shocks, or from changes in demand like those induced by the growing use of biofuel? Does financial speculation affect food price volatility? The researchers who contributed to The Economics of Food Price Volatility address these and other questions. They examine the forces ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226128924
SKU
V9780226128924
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Ref
99-17
About Jean-Paul Chavas
Jean-Paul Chavas is the Anderson-Bascom Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a member of the board of directors of the NBER. David Hummels is professor of economics in the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University and a research associate of the NBER. Brian D. Wright is professor in and chair of the Department ... Read more
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