Stocks-to-use ratios and prices as indicators of vulnerability to spikes in global cereal markets

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL1, 2013, Pages 43-52

  Bobenrieth, Eugenio ^a   Wright, Brian ^b   Zeng, Di ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C51; C52; Commodity Price; Q11; Stocks to use Ratio; Storage

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; FOOD MARKET; STOCK MARKET; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84888198158     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12049     Document Type: Article

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