Overview
- Develops tools and concepts for analyzing excessive food price volatility in related contexts
- Presents recently established time-series models as well as nonparametric approaches to link international price volatility with domestic consumer welfare
- Provides instruments for policy analysts and decision makers in the public and private sectors for reducing excessive food price volatility
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Food Price Volatility at International Food Commodity Markets
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Commodity and Financial Market Linkages
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National and Regional Responses to Food Price Volatility
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About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Matthias Kalkuhl is Professor on Climate Change, Development and Economic Growth at the University of Potsdam, Germany, and Head of the Working Group Economic Growth and Human Development, MCC Berlin, Germany
Joachim von Braun is Professor for Economic and Technological Change at the University of Bonn and Director of the Center for Development Research (ZEF)
Maximo Torero, Dr., is Division Director of the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute, IFPRI for Latin America, leader of the Global Research Program on Institutions and Infrastructure for Markets Development, and co-leader of the Global Research Program on Urban and Rural Linkages
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy
Editors: Matthias Kalkuhl, Joachim von Braun, Maximo Torero
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28201-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-28199-5Published: 21 April 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80295-4Published: 22 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-28201-5Published: 12 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 626
Number of Illustrations: 78 b/w illustrations, 56 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agricultural Economics