Causes of high food prices

ADB Economics Working Paper Series

Volumn 128, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-56

  Timmer, C Peter ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOOD MARKET; INFLATION; MAIZE; PRICE DYNAMICS; RICE;

CHINA; INDIA;

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 73649116784     PISSN: 16555252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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