Troubled futures? The global food crisis and the politics of agricultural derivatives regulation

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-207

  Clapp, Jennifer ^a   Helleiner, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

commodity prices; Derivatives; financial regulation; futures markets; global finance; global food crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858827862     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2010.514528     Document Type: Article

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