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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164341603321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

3-319-28201-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

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

Disciplina

338.1

Soggetti

Agricultural economics

Agricultural Economics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.