impact of biofuel policy on commodity price variability is poorly understood. A good understanding of biofuel policy's impact … on price variability is important for mitigating food insecurity and assisting policy formation. We examine how U ….S. ethanol policies such as the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) mandates and the blend wall affect the price variability of corn …

the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the spot price, basis, arithmetic spot price changes, logarithmic spot price …

, which is sequentially linked via a price-linkage equation to local rural maize markets. The model accounts for market … maize markets. The simulation is conducted using a multiequation partial equilibrium model of the national maize market … imperfections prevailing in the country that arise from government price interventions. Findings show that some alternative exit …