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Market interdependence and volatility transmission among major crops:
Gardebroek, Cornelis; Hernandez, Manuel A.; Robles, Miguel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of volatility between the corn, wheat, and soybean markets … in the United States. Volatility interactions across markets, if they exist, may lower the effectiveness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850569
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Co-movement of major commodity price returns: A time-series assessment:
de Nicola, Francesca; De Pace, Pierangelo; Hernandez, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the degree of co-movement among the nominal price returns of 11 major energy, agricultural, and food commodities using monthly data between 1970 and 2013. The authors study the extent and the time evolution of unconditional and conditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886774
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Economic implications of foreign exchange rationing in Ethiopia:
Dorosh, Paul A.; Robinson, Sherman; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
-protected importables. Moreover, major external shocks to the economy (including increases in world prices of fuel in 2007 and early 2008 … the effects of changes in world prices and to assess dynamic effects of shocks and policies on growth and income … foreign exchange market, however. Various versions of managed floats and controls in foreign capital markets exist that can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933116
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Economic implications of foreign exchange rationing in Ethiopia:
Dorosh, Paul A.; Robinson, Sherman; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
This paper examines macro-economic developments in Ethiopia between 2004/05 and 2008/09, focusing on the external accounts and the real exchange rate. Simulations using a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model of Ethiopia's economy show that, compared to a policy of foreign exchange...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114815
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Maize Price Differences and Evidence of Spatial Integration in Malawi: The case of selected markets:
Nyongo, Lovemore - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
markets, while two of the three rural markets are border markets. The study uses monthly maize retail prices for the period …This study tests the long-run and short-run integration of maize markets in Malawi using the co-integration approach … direction of causality between maize markets. A total of six maize markets, two from each region, were analyzed. Three are urban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762091
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Employment risk and job-seeker performance:
Godlonton, Susan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper examines the relationship between employment risk and job-seeker performance. To induce exogenous variation in employment risk, the outside options for job seekers undergoing a real recruitment process were randomized by assigning them a 0, 1, 5, 50, 75, or 100 percent chance of real...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010755481
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Improving diagnostics for aflatoxin detection:
Harvey, Jagger; Gnonlonfin, Benoit; Fletcher, Mary; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850555
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Market imperfections for tractor service provision in Nigeria: International perspectives and empirical evidence:
Takeshima, Hiroyuki - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
functioning efficiently in response to economic conditions; (2) adoptions are, however, affected by supply-side factors including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272216
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The quiet revolution in agrifood value chains in Asia: The case of increasing quality in rice markets in Bangladesh
Minten, Bart; Murshid, K.A.S.; Reardon, Thomas - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
intake—the share of the less expensive, low-quality coarse rice is shown to be rapidly decreasing in rice markets and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395604
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2013 Global Food Policy Report
Marble, Andrew (contributor); Fritschel, Heidi (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
This 2013 Global Food Policy Report is the third in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750336