Causes of the 2000s Food Price Surge: New Evidence fromStructural VAR

In 2001 began a rise in the prices of food commodities not seen since the 1970s. Some observers attribute the increase in part to food commodity spec- ulation. This hypothesis is examined by disentangling the impact of specu- lation on grain prices from that of fundamental supply and demand force...

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Published in:	MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 31-2016)
Main Author:	Grabowski, Daniel
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Philipps-Universität Marburg 2016
Subjects:	structural VAR Wirtschaft grain prices sign restrictions food price crisis Economics
Online Access:	PDF Full Text
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