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Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy [electronic resource] / edited by Matthias Kalkuhl, Joachim von Braun, Maximo Torero.
Contributor(s): Kalkuhl, Matthias [editor.] | von Braun, Joachim [editor.] | Torero, Maximo [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
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TextPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016Description: XI, 626 p. 134 illus., 56 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319282015.Subject(s): Food -- Biotechnology | International law | Trade | Industrial organization | International economics | Development economics | Agricultural economics | Economics | Agricultural Economics | Development Economics | Food Science | Industrial Organization | International Economic Law, Trade Law | International EconomicsAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 338.1 Online resources: Click here to access online
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Springer eBooksSummary: 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.
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.
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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.
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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.