A brief essay on the financialization of agricultural commodity markets

Daniele Girardi

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Abstract: During the 2000s agricultural commodity derivatives markets were flooded by a “wall of money” coming from financial investors. In this essay I outline the main facts about the increasing presence and impact of financial investors in agricultural commodity markets and I discuss the main empirical works that tried to assess whether financial investors have affected agricultural prices in recent years.

Keywords: Agricultural Commodity Markets; Financialization; Financial Speculation; Food Crisis; Agricultural Commodities; Commodity Futures Markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G15 Q1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-10-10
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