The aim of the paper is to shift the focus of famine analysis away from food supply towards the macroeconomic determinants of food entitlement—i.e., to the ability of individuals to purchase food. Towards this end, we develop a model to demonstrate how loose monetary and fiscal policies may...

France is the top agricultural producer in the European Union (EU), and agriculture plays a prominent role in the country's foreign trade and intermediate exchanges. Reflecting production volumes and methods, the sector, however, also generates significant negative environmental and public...

This paper presents a detailed account of the rich set of macroprudential measures taken in four Southeastern European countries-Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, and Serbia-during their synchronized boom and bust cycles in 2003-12, and assesses their effectiveness. We find that only strong measures...