prices and their volatility. We focus on three major and liquid agricultural markets: corn, soybeans and wheat. We find … positions bear some predictive ability for volatility. This relationship is mainly concentrated on the 2006-2009 period that … includes the recent financial crisis. Finally, we find that volatility decreases with the positions of index fund traders …

This paper addresses to what extent governments have traded off price distortions for reduced volatility in intervening … preferences for stability. Empirical evidence shows that several countries have been able to reduce (short run) price volatility … account the trade-off (and the benefits of reducing volatility) government policies appear far removed from the optimal trade …

For individual countries, variable trade barriers can be used to reduce the volatility of domestic relative to world … price volatility. This study shows the nature of the resulting collective action problem, with the policy being ineffective … on average in stabilizing domestic prices while increasing the volatility of the income transfers from terms …

volatility at farm gate level. A total of 2100 rural farmers were sampled across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones. Result from … volatility by providing food market information and agricultural inputs that bring down the incidence and amount of anxiety … assemblage centers. In extension and contribution, the findings suggest that smallholder farmers can be part of the volatility …