Worldwide Acreage and Yield Response to International Price Change and Volatility: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis for Wheat, Rice, Corn, and Soybeans

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 172-190

  Haile, Mekbib G ^a   Kalkuhl, Matthias ^a   Von Braun, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food prices; global supply response; price volatility; staple food commodities; supply elasticity

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; DEMAND ELASTICITY; MAIZE; PANEL DATA; PRICE DYNAMICS; RICE; SOYBEAN; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84954349552     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aav013     Document Type: Article

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