Food price volatility and its implications for food security and policy

• Tác giả: Matthias Kalkuhl, Maximo Torero, Joachim Von Braun
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-10: 3319281992
• ISBN-10: 3319282018
• ISBN-13: 978-3319281995
• ISBN-13: 978-3319282015
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 338.1 Agriculture
• Thông tin xuất bản: [Place of publication not identified] : Springer, 2016.
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource.
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 117396
• Chủ đề: 1. Agriculture--Economic aspects; 2. Development economics; 3. Food--Biotechnology; 4. Industrial organization; 5. International economic relations; 6. International law; 7. Trade

Tóm tắt

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.