Methods to Analyse Agricultural Commodity Price Volatility

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Piot-Lepetit, Isabelle (Editor), M'Barek, Robert (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Edition: 1.
• Subjects: Economic policy.; Development economics.; Agricultural economics.; Economics.; Agricultural Economics.; Development Economics.; Economic Policy.

This book examines the issue of price volatility in agricultural commodities markets and how this phenomenon has evolved in recent years. The factors underlying the price spike of 2007-08 appear to be global and macroeconomic in nature, including the rapid growth in demand by developing countries, t...