Search Results for: The Economics Of Food Price Volatility

"The conference was organized by the three editors of this book and took place on August 15-16, 2012 in Seattle."--Preface.

This book provides fresh insights into concepts, methods and new research findings on the causes of excessive food price volatility. It also discusses the impli

Since 2006, global food prices have fluctuated greatly around an increasing trend and price spikes were observed for key food commodities such as rice, wheat, a

The recent global financial crisis exposed the serious limitations of existing economic and financial models. Not only did macro models fail to predict the cris

This book examines the issue of price volatility in agricultural commodities markets and how this phenomenon has evolved in recent years. The factors underlying