This paper surveys the literature on the interaction between agriculture and the macroeconomy in both industrial and developing countries, identifying what the authors believe to represent its most significant contributions and shortcomings.Based on an economy-wide perspective, this paper begins...

The present dissertationis devoted to the issue of price discovery in agricultural markets. Price discovery is considered one of the central functions of financial markets and is usually analyzed empirically for highly homogeneous assets traded on these markets. We investigate whether this...