Measurement forms the substance of econometrics. This chapter outlines the history of econometrics from a measurement … perspective - how have measurement errors been dealt with and how, from a methodological standpoint, did econometrics evolve so as … measurement research has helped in the advancement of knowledge advance is discussed in the light of this history. …

indicators on the evolution of cultivated surfaces, yields and prices for main crops: the average annual rate of growth …

observed substantial rise of both food and energy prices at the world stock markets. However, the income of farmers did not … cities (and we observe this tendency globally). Any change in those prices results in suboptimality of existing spatial …

The study aims to assess the impact of rising prices of rice and fuel on poverty in the Philippines. In particular, the … study confirm that the impact of increasing prices of rice and fuel vary across different groups of households depending on … gainers from the recent increases in the prices of rice and fuel. In response to higher prices, households adopted different …

prices. Also the environmental impacts of biofuels as an alternative to fossil fuels are quite ambiguous. The literature … prices of biofuels, prices of agricultural commodities used for the biofuel production and prices of the fossil fuels. …

In this paper we examine the effects of media coverage of commodity prices increases and decreases on the price of the … commodity and how media coverage in other commodities affects prices. We provide evidence of the relationship between media … correlated with the media coverage of up movements, or increase in prices. The direction of the correlation is robust and …

international food prices and proposed solutions to the crisis. These studies have covered global as well as local food price … high food prices. Commodity price analysis should, however, differentiate between three types of price changes: trends … technological changes. The supply, demand, and market explanations for high and volatile global prices have been differentiated as …

productivity, prices and labour compensation. The results show that profitability in Finnish manu-facturing is competitive because …