The volatility of hog prices is high compared to most agricultural commodities. However, European hog producers do not benefit from any agricultural policy support. Through the continuous production process and induced selling activity on spot markets, producers benefit from a natural moving...

[fre] Analyse structurelle et analyse de la performance d'un marché agricole grâce à l'étude simultanée des variations des prix dans le système considéré. Méthode et types de conclusion. [eng] Arima analysis of a competitive price vector applied to the hog sector in France - Summary :...

The financial development of agricultural markets is not recent. But, starting early 2000, a large amount of investments on commodity markets, including agriculture, have been realized using innovative instruments. And in 2007-08, the continuous increase of investment was simultaneous with...

[eng] Running Economic Policies and the EMU Policy Mix . The Maastricht Treaty imposes rules of strict budgetary discipline and increased supervision on its members. Yet it barely changes the institutional context of economic policies, whose framework has remained relatively open. . The Member...

Purpose The role that speculation in futures markets plays during food price spikes is a subject of lively dispute. This issue is often addressed with empirical analyses. They suffer from data limitations and focus on the short-term impacts. The paper aims to discuss these issues....