This paper examines the world price transmission to China for four food commodities (maize, rice, soybeans and wheat) during the recent food commodity prices spike (2006-2008). To understand the world price transmission to China for the food commodities, the author conduct econometric analysis...

Although prices in the agricultural commodity futures markets have risen significantly in recent years, the results of this study support those of many previous studies that concluded that investments of commodity index traders and speculators in the futures markets are not the major causes of...

This paper analyze volatility persistence in global prices of wheat, rice and corn using monthly price data for two sample periods, before and after the shock on global food commodity markets on November 2007. Our findings show evidence of structural change in price trend in the post-shock...

Commodity prices are back. This paper looks at connections between monetary policy, and agricultural and mineral commodities. We begin with the monetary influences on commodity prices, first for a large country such as the United States, then smaller countries. The claim is that low real...

Commodity price shocks are an important type of external shock and are often cited as a problem for economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. We choose nine Sub Saharan African countries that are heavily dependent on a single agricultural commodity for a significant portion of their income. This...

Dans cet article nous analysons l'impact de la volatilité des prix des matières premières sur les recettes fiscales des pays en développement, alors que la littérature s'est principalement concentrée sur son effet sur la croissance économique. Notre analyse quantitative porte sur 80 pays...