Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy / edited by Matthias Kalkuhl, Joachim von Braun, Maximo Torero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalkuhl, Matthias, Editor.

Contributor:

Kalkuhl, Matthias., Editor.

von Braun, Joachim., Editor.

Torero, Maximo., Editor.

Series:

Economics and Finance Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Economic aspects.

Agriculture.

Agricultural Economics.

Local Subjects:

Agricultural Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XI, 626 p. 134 illus., 56 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Cham Springer Nature 2016

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Foreword

Introduction

Part I: Food Price Volatility at International Food Commodity markets

Part II: Commodity and Financial Market Linkages

Part 3: National and Regional Response to Food Price volatility

Part IV: the Micro-Economics of Price risk, volatility and Price shocks: Household, Firms and Communities.

Notes:

CC BY-NC

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9783319282015

3319282018

OCLC:

1005832336