Food Price Volatility

Johan Swinnen

Chapter Chapter 8 in The Political Economy of Agricultural and Food Policies, 2018, pp 137-149 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In the late 2000s global prices spiked. Many governments, in particular in developing and emerging countries, intervened to reduce the effect of the global food price spikes, trying to insulate the domestic market. This chapter first discusses the costs and benefits of price stabilization through government policy and then discusses political economy considerations.

Keywords: Food Price Volatility; Global Food Price Spikes; Political Economy Considerations; Unexpected Price Changes; Rice Prices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-50102-8_8

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