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the growth of commodity exporters. This paper adopts panel cointegration methodology to explore longer term effects than …
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the growth ofcommodity exporters. This paper adopts panel cointegration methodology to explore longer term effects than …
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This paper investigates the role of aid in mitigating the adverse effects of commodity export price shocks on growth in … commodity-dependent countries. Using a large cross-country dataset, we find that negative shocks matter for short-term growth … exchange rate substantially lower the adverse growth effect of shocks. While the mitigating effect of aid is significant in …
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Lending and financial institutions have looked for a variety of ways to expand their portfolios into agriculture, but because of the risks associated with lending to farmers who lack traditional forms of collateral, they face price and yield risks, causing these inroads to be limited....
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function model used was a relatively simpleinput model, consisting of wheat yield, effective rainfall, fertilizer application …
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Regional commodity forecasts are being used increasingly in agricultural industries to enhance their risk management and decision-making processes. These commodity forecasts are probabilistic in nature and are often integrated with a seasonal climate forecast system. The climate forecast system...
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Improvements in seasonal climate forecasts have potential economic implications for international agriculture. A stochastic, dynamic simulation model of the international wheat economy is developed to estimate the potential effects of seasonal climate forecasts for various countries' wheat...
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Commodity and energy prices have exhibited an unprecedented increase between October 2006 and July 2008, only to fall sharply during the last months of 2008. Many explanations have been offered to this phenomenon, including steadily increasing demand from China and India, large mandated...
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Prices for nearly all basic commodity rose at unprecedented rates throughout early 2008, only to fall nearly as fast as financial markets and global economies began to collapse. Rising food prices in 2008 led to concerns that commodity price spikes would lead to more general food inflation, but...
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Replaced with revised version of paper 07/24/09.
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