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Discussion: Causes of Agricultural and Food Price Inflation andVolatility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2015

Norbert Wilson
Norbert Wilson*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
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Abstract

This discussion is a review and critique of the three papers in the 2012Southern Agricultural Economics Association invited paper session titledCauses of Agricultural and Food Price Inflation and Volatility.

Keywords

biofuelsfood pricesfuelsvolatilityinflationvector autoregressionQ13Q18
Type
Invited Paper Sessions
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , August 2012 , pp. 423 - 425
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2012

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