Food price volatility and its implications for food security and policy

This book provides fresh insights into concepts, methods and new research findings on the causes of excessive food price volatility. It also discusses the implications for food security and policy responses to mitigate excessive volatility. The approaches applied by the contributors range from on-the-ground surveys, to panel econometrics and innovative high-frequency time series analysis as well as computational economics methods. It offers policy analysts and decision-makers guidance on dealing with extreme volatility.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kalkuhl, M. 1423211772165 (ed.), 175884 Von Braun, J. (ed.), 178461 Torero, M. (ed.)
Format: Texto biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: Cham (Switzerland) Springer International Publishing AG 2016
Subjects:food prices, inflation, price stabilization, food security, food policies, commodity markets, world markets,
Online Access:https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-28201-5.pdf
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