by changes in prices and their volatility is fundamental for predicting the supply of staple crops and, hence, assessing …-term volatility in food prices. Such aggregate estimates are also valuable to verify whether involved country-specific estimations add …-run elasticities are about 0.05 to 0.25; price volatility tends to reduce acreage response of some crops; comparison of the annual and …

changes and price volatility applied accordingly. The findings reveal that, although higher output prices serve as an … incentive to improve global crop supply as expected, output price volatility acts as a disincentive. Depending on the crop, the … results show that own-price supply elasticities range from about 0.05 to 0.40. Output price volatility, however, has negative …

, volatility, and spikes. While price trends are important in the long term, volatility and spikes are more important in the short … volatility. An assessment of the costs of price volatility has shown that the existing literature follows a conventional marginal …. Measuring and estimating the cost of food price volatility should factor in ongoing processes such as economic growth and …

World food prices surged strongly in recent years, with two waves of rising prices in 2007-08 and 2010-11. For food …

High and volatile food prices pose a significant policy challenge around the world, and an understanding of the … dynamics of food price inflation and volatility is essential in designing appropriate policy responses. Using the panel data … volatilities as well as the effects of various internal and external factors on domestic food price inflation and volatility. The …