The Economics of Food Price Volatility
Jean-Paul Chavas, David Hummels, and Brian D. Wright, editors
Conference held August 15-16, 2012
Published in October 2014 by University of Chicago Press
© 2014 by the National Bureau of Economic Research
NBER Program(s):ITI, DEV, EEE
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383 pages
ISBN: 0-226-12892-X
Table of Contents
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Front matter, table of contents, preface:
Jean-Paul Chavas, David Hummels, Brian D. Wright
(p. -11 - 0)
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Introduction:
Jean-Paul Chavas, David Hummels, Brian D. Wright
(p. 1 - 11)
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Influences of Agricultural Technology on the Size and Importance of Food Price Variability:
Julian M. Alston, William J. Martin, Philip G. Pardey
(p. 13 - 54)
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Comment:
James M. MacDonald
(p. 54 - 58)
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Corn Production Shocks in 2012 and Beyond: Implications for Harvest Volatility:
Steven T. Berry, Michael J. Roberts, Wolfram Schlenker
(p. 59 - 81)
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Comment:
Derek Headey
(p. 81 - 90)
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Biofuels, Binding Constraints, and Agricultural Commodity Price Volatility:
Philip Abbott
(p. 91 - 131)
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Comment:
Brian D. Wright
(p. 131 - 133)
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The Evolving Relationships between Agricultural and Energy Commodity Prices: A Shifting-Mean Vector Autoregressive Analysis:
Walter Enders, Matthew T. Holt
(p. 135 - 187)
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Comment:
Barry K. Goodwin
(p. 187 - 192)
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Bubble Troubles? Rational Storage, Mean Reversion, and Runs in Commodity Prices:
Eugenio S. A. Bobenrieth, Juan R. A. Bobenrieth, Brian D. Wright
(p. 193 - 208)
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Comment:
Jock R. Anderson
(p. 208 - 210)
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Bubbles, Food Prices, and Speculation: Evidence from the CFTC's Daily Large Trader Data Files:
Nicole M. Aulerich, Scott H. Irwin, Philip Garcia
(p. 211 - 253)
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Comment:
Aaron Smith
(p. 253 - 259)
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Food Price Volatility and Domestic Stabilization Policies in Developing Countries:
Christophe Gouel
(p. 261 - 306)
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Comment:
Shenggen Fan
(p. 306 - 309)
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Food Price Spikes, Price Insulation, and Poverty:
Kym Anderson, Maros Ivanic, William J. Martin
(p. 311 - 339)
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Comment:
Marc F. Bellemare
(p. 339 - 344)
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Trade Insulation as Social Protection:
Quy-Toan Do, Andrei A. Levchenko, Martin Ravallion
(p. 345 - 366)
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Comment:
Ron Trostle
(p. 366 - 369)
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Indexes:
Jean-Paul Chavas, David Hummels, Brian D. Wright
(p. 371 - 383)
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