Speculation on Agricultural Commodities : A Brief Overview

This short essay on financial speculation with agricultural commodities offers (1) a survey of the real economy factors that caused recent hunger crises, (2) an overview of academic research on the impact of index-based financial speculation on agricultural futures markets, and (3) a discussion of political measures that are appropriate for im-proving global food security. The arguments are supported by numerous graphs

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Pies, Ingo ; Prehn, Sören ; Glauben, Thomas ; Will, Matthias Georg
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (29 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments September 29, 2013 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.2333087 [DOI]
Classification:	D84 - Expectations; Speculations ; G12 - Asset Pricing ; G13 - Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing ; G14 - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies ; Q13 - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness ; Q18 - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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