Price volatility in food markets: Can stock building mitigate price fluctuations?

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 507-528

  Serra, Teresa ^a   Gil, José M ^a  

^a Edifici ESAB   (Spain)

Author keywords

corn; ethanol; price volatility; stocks

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84878557382     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbs041     Document Type: Article

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