The Economics of Grain Price Volatility

By Brian D. Wright. 2011

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Commodity Booms and Busts (2011, background): “Wright (2011) articulates the important role that dynamic stockholding behavior played in the two major events, 1973–1974 and 2007–2008, described in Section 2.”
The Realized Yield Effect of Genetically Engineered Crops: U.S. Maize and Soybean (2013, unknown): “This shift toward biofuel production is contributing to existing worries about the rising level and volatility of commodity prices (FAO, 2011; Wright, 2011) as well as worries about water availability (Dominguez-Faus et al.”
Dynamic spillovers among major energy and cereal commodity prices (2014, background): “Wright (2011) reports that agricultural commodity prices fell sharply during the summer of 2008, but recovered swiftly, and have exhibited unusually large and sustained volatility.”
Biofuel-related price transmission literature: A review (2013, background): “…price levels and volatility, compared to other price behavior influences that have been pointed out by previous research such as increased speculation in agricultural commodity futures markets, storage behavior, macroeconomic conditions, etc. (Balcombe, 2011; Cooke and Robles, 2009; Wright, 2011).”
The political economy of food systems reform (2017, background): “…oil prices and speculation on the derivatives market of agricultural commodities, both stimulating, and stimulated by, policies in rich countries supporting the increased use of grain and oilseed for biofuels production (Wright, 2011, 2014), LDCs discovered that they were caught in a vicious cycle.”
Fish Price Volatility (2014, background): “In fact, fish has received relatively little attention in studies of agricultural price volatility, where most of the focus has been on traditional commodities, such as cereals and meats (Ott 2013; Balcombe 2009; Wright 2011; Gilbert and Morgan 2010), even though trade of fish products accounts for ”
What’s Driving Food Prices in 2011? (2011, background): “One of the proposed explanations behind the 2008 commodity price spikes was very tight world grain stocks that had been falling since 2000 (Trostle, 2008; Abbott, Tyner and Hurt, 2008; Wright, 2011).”
Export Restrictions and Price Insulation During Commodity Price Booms (2011, background): “Prices of grains and other storable commodities are characterized by long periods in the doldrums, punctuated by short but intense price spikes (Deaton and Laroque 1992; Wright 2011).”
Volatility Spillovers in U.S. Crude Oil, Ethanol, and Corn Futures Markets (2012, background): “The current literature offers multiple possible reasons for strong recent fluctuations in agricultural commodity prices (Baffes, 2011; Wright, 2011; Gilbert and Morgan, 2010; Irwin and Good, 2009).”