Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy

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-th...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kalkuhl, Matthias. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), von Braun, Joachim. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Torero, Maximo. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28201-5
Summary: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.
Physical Description:XI, 626 p. 134 illus., 56 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783319282015
Access:Open Access