This textbook addresses the core issues facing economists concerning price determination in commodity markets, especially food and agricultural commodities. This book hones in on the conceptual basis of the various relationships, with special emphasis on market interrelationships, both...

1. Introduction -- 2. Consumer Demand: Theory -- 3. Consumer Demand: Separability and Commodity Aggregation -- 4. Consumer Demand: Empirical Analysis I -- 5. Consumer Demand: Empirical Analysis II -- 6. Quality, Heterogeneous Goods, and Cross Section Demand -- 7. Derived Demand, Marketing...