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Price surges in food markets - How should organized futures markets be regulated?

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The drastic increase of food prices in the period 2006-2008 spurred fears of global food insecurity. Apart from actual changes in supply and demand of some commodities, the upward swing might also have been amplified by speculation in organized futures markets. However, limiting or banning speculative trading might do more harm than good.

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  • FAO Economic and Social Development Department, 2010. "Price surges in food markets - How should organized futures markets be regulated?," FAO - Economic and Social Perspectives 9EN, Economic and Social Development Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
    • Handle: RePEc:fao:pbrief:09en
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    Keywords

    rural development; hunger; food security; economic crisis; prices; agriculture;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy
    • Q11 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis; Prices
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products

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