of the population below the poverty line which spends typically a large share of its income on food, we are able to … estimate the size of vulnerable population. Our empirical analysis reveals that 90 percent of the global poor (income below 1 …

volatility. We develop a unified empirical framework to analyze the media's effects on both returns and volatility using insights … concentrated in soybeans and maize. We find robust evidence that media coverage decreases volatility for these agricultural … commodities on average for the period we study. The effects on volatility balance each other, with decreasing price coverage …