Reducing Distortions in International Commodity Markets

World commodity markets and particularly the markets for agricultural commodities remain highly distorted despite the wave of liberalization that has swept world trade since the 1980s. Commodity markets are distorted on both the export and the impo...

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Main Authors:	Hoekman, Bernard, Martin, Will
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKETS AGRICULTURE ANTITRUST ANTITRUST LAWS BARRIERS TO ENTRY CARTEL COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES COMPETITION POLICY COMPETITIVE MARKET CONSUMERS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC PRICES ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EMERGING MARKETS EXCISE TAXES EXPENDITURES EXPORT BARRIERS EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTS FOOD PRICES FOREIGN ASSETS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN MARKETS GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT REGULATION HOME MARKET IMPERFECT COMPETITION IMPORT BARRIERS INCOME INCOMES INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE JURISDICTION JURISDICTIONS LAW ENFORCEMENT LIBERALIZATION LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET BEHAVIOR MARKET COMPETITION MARKET CONCENTRATION MARKET DISTORTIONS MARKET FAILURES MARKET POWER MARKET STRUCTURE MARKET STRUCTURES MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY MONOPSONY MONOPSONY POWER MOTIVATION MULTILATERAL TRADE NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES OLIGOPOLY OUTPUT POLITICAL ECONOMY PRICE DISTORTIONS PRICE LEVELS PRICE VOLATILITY PROTECTIONISM RELEVANT MARKETS RENTS RETAIL RETAIL PRICES SOFT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS SUBSTITUTES SUPPLIERS TAX TAXATION TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADING SYSTEM TRANSPARENCY URUGUAY ROUND VOLATILITY WEALTH WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16282014/reducing-distortions-international-commodity-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10041

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Reducing Distortions in International Commodity Markets

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