Storage-trade interactions under uncertainty: Implications for food security

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-140

  Makki, Shiva S ^a,b   Tweeten, Luther G ^b   Miranda, Mario J ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food security; Global market; Production uncertainty; Storage; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042593489     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-8938(00)00027-2     Document Type: Article

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