Agricultural Markets and Risks : Management of the Latter, Not the Former

The authors review the historical relationship between the work of applied economists, and policymakers, and the institutions that came to characterize the commodity, and risk markets of the 1980s. These institutions were a response to the harmful...

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Main Authors:	Varangis, Panos, Larson, Donald, Anderson, Jack R.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL MARKETS RISK MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK COMMODITY MARKETS TRADE CONTROLS AGRICULTURAL POLICIES MARKET ORIENTATION PRICE ELASTICITY STABILIZATION OF PRICES OF PRIMARY PRODUCTS MACROECONOMIC CORRELATIONS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT POLICY PLANNING GOVERNMENT ROLE MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS EMERGING ECONOMIES BANK'S TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ROLE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ADVERSE EFFECTS BANKRUPTCY BASIS RISK BORROWING BROKERS CATASTROPHES CATASTROPHIC RISKS CENTRAL BANKS COMMODITIES CONSUMERS CREDIT MARKETS CROP INSURANCE DEBT DEBT RELIEF DISASTERS ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS ELASTICITIES EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EQUITY CAPITAL EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL LEVERAGE FINANCIAL RISK FIXED CURRENCIES FUTURES CONTRACTS IMPORTS INCOME INFLATION INPUT PRICES INSURANCE INSURANCE CONTRACTS INSURANCE MARKETS INSURERS INVENTORIES LENDING INSTITUTIONS LIMITED COMPETITION LIQUIDITY MARKET FAILURES MARKET INSTRUMENTS MARKET POWER MITIGATION MONOPOLIES MORAL HAZARD OIL OPPORTUNITY COSTS POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH PREMIUMS PRICE RISK PRICE VARIATIONS PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY PROGRAMS PUBLIC POLICY RATES RESEARCH AGENDA RETIREMENT RETURN ON EQUITY RISK REDUCTION RURAL COMMUNITIES SAVINGS TAXATION TERMS OF TRADE TRADE SHOCKS UNEMPLOYMENT WELFARE GAINS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1719824/agricultural-markets-risks-management-latter-not-former http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15608

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Agricultural Markets and Risks : Management of the Latter, Not the Former

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