High food commodity prices: Will they stay? who will pay?

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 393-403

  Dewbre, Joe ^a   Giner, Céline ^a   Thompson, Wyatt ^b   Von Lampe, Martin ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Food crisis; Price transmission

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; COMMODITY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRICING POLICY;

EID: 57549089381     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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