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The economics of food price volatility / edited by Jean-Paul Chavas, David Hummels, and Brian D. Wright.

Other author/creatorChavas, Jean-Paul.
Other author/creatorHummels, David.
Other author/creatorWright, Brian, 1948 January 1-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoChicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Descriptionix, 383 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
National Bureau of Economic Research conference report. ^A475763
Contents Influences of agricultural technology on the size and importance of food price variability / Julian M. Alston, William J. Martin, and Philip G. Pardey ; comment: James M. MacDonald -- Corn production shocks in 2012 and beyond : implications for harvest volatility / Steven T. Berry, Michael J. Roberts, and Wolfram Schlenker ; comment: Derek Headey -- Biofuels, binding constraints and agricultural commodity price volatility / Philip Abbott ; comment: Brian D. Wright -- The evolving relationships between agricultural and energy commodity prices : a shifting-mean vector autoregressive analysis / Walter Enders and Matthew T. Holt ; comment: Barry K. Goodwin -- Bubble troubles? : rational storage, mean reversion and runs in commodity prices / Eugenio S.A. Bobenrieth, Juan R.A. Bobenrieth, and Brian D. Wright ; comment: Jock R. Anderson -- Bubbles, food prices, and speculation : evidence from the CFTC's daily large trader data files / Nicole M. Aulerich, Scott H. Irwin and Philip Garcia ; comment: Aaron Smith -- Food price volatility and domestic stabilization policies in developing countries / Christophe Gouel ; comment: Shenggen Fan -- Food price spikes, price insulation, and poverty / Kym Anderson, Maros Ivanic, and William J. Martin ; comment: Marc F. Bellemare -- Trade insulation as social protection / Quy-Toan Do, Andrei A. Levchenko, and Martin Ravallion ; comment: Ron Trostle.
General note"The conference was organized by the three editors of this book and took place on August 15-16, 2012 in Seattle."--Preface.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013040592
ISBN9780226128924 (cloth : alkaline paper)

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