Agricultural marketing: structural models for price analysis / by James Vercammen.
Material type: TextSeries: Routledge textbooks in environmental and agricultural economicsPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge, c2011.Description: xiv, 222 p.: ill.; 24 cmISBN:- 9780415480444:
- 9780415480437 (hb)
- 9780203828311 (eb)
- 630.688 VER
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Prices over space -- Prices over time (storage) -- Prices over time (commodity futures) -- Prices over form (quality) -- Prices linkages across commodity markets -- Marketing margins in vertical supply chains -- Auctions and competitive bidding -- Bargaining in bilateral exchange.
The price of food has become very volatile in recent years for a variety of reasons, including a strengthened connection between the prices of agricultural commodities and other commodities such as oil and metals, more volatile production due to more frequent droughts and floods, and a rising demand for biofuels. Understanding the determinants of agricultural commodity prices and the connections between prices has become a high priority for academics and applied economists who are interested in agricultural marketing and trade, policy analysis and international rural development. This book buil.
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