TY - BOOK AU - Kalkuhl,Matthias AU - von Braun,Joachim AU - Torero,Maximo ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy SN - 9783319282015 AV - HD1401-2210.2 U1 - 338.1 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer KW - Food KW - Biotechnology KW - International law KW - Trade KW - Industrial organization KW - International economics KW - Development economics KW - Agricultural economics KW - Economics KW - Agricultural Economics KW - Development Economics KW - Food Science KW - Industrial Organization KW - International Economic Law, Trade Law KW - International Economics N1 - Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I: Food Price Volatility at International Food Commodity markets -- Part II: Commodity and Financial Market Linkages -- Part 3: National and Regional Response to Food Price volatility -- Part IV: the Micro-Economics of Price risk, volatility and Price shocks: Household, Firms and Communities; Open Access N2 - This book provides fresh insights into concepts, methods and new research findings on the causes of excessive food price volatility. It also discusses the implications for food security and policy responses to mitigate excessive volatility. The approaches applied by the contributors range from on-the-ground surveys, to panel econometrics and innovative high-frequency time series analysis as well as computational economics methods. It offers policy analysts and decision-makers guidance on dealing with extreme volatility UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28201-5 ER -