The Role of Inventory Adjustments in Quantifying Factors Causing Food Price Inflation

The food commodity price increases beginning in 2001 and culminating in the food crisis of 2007/08 reflected a combination of several factors, including economic growth, biofuel expansion, exchange rate fluctuations, and energy price inflation. To...

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Main Authors: Hochman, Gal, Rajagopal, Deepak, Timilsina, Govinda, Zilberman, David
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
GDP
GNP
M1
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topic ABSOLUTE VALUE
AGGREGATE DEMAND
AGGREGATE DEMAND CURVE
AGGREGATE SUPPLY
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AGRICULTURAL PRICES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATE
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BASE YEAR
BUFFER
CAPITAL FLOWS
CEREALS
COMMODITY MARKETS
COMMODITY PRICE
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM
CONSUMER PRICE
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
CONSUMER SURPLUS
CONSUMERS
CONSUMPTION DEMAND
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CONSUMPTION INCREASES
CORN
CORN PRICE
CORN PRICES
CORRELATION COEFFICIENT
CURRENCY
DAIRY
DEMAND CURVE
DEMAND FOR FOOD
DEMAND FUNCTION
DEMAND FUNCTIONS
DEMAND GROWTH
DEPRECIATION
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISPOSABLE INCOME
DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION
DOMESTIC DEMAND
DOMESTIC PRICE
DOMESTIC PRICES
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELASTICITY
EMERGING MARKETS
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY PRICE
ENERGY PRICES
EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
EQUILIBRIUM CONDITION
EQUILIBRIUM LEVEL
EXCESS DEMAND
EXCESS SUPPLY
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS
EXCHANGE RATE SHOCK
EXCHANGE RATE SHOCKS
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
EXTREME POVERTY
FACTOR PRICES
FEDERAL RESERVE
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD CROPS
FOOD DEMAND
FOOD EXPORT
FOOD EXPORTS
FOOD MARKETS
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICE INFLATION
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
FOOD SUBSIDIES
FOODS
FREE TRADE
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS
GLOBAL DEMAND
GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY
GLOBALIZATION
GNP
GRAINS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITA
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES
IFPRI
IMPACT OF SHOCKS
IMPORT
IMPORT BARRIERS
IMPORT TARIFFS
IMPORTS
INCOME
INCOME EFFECT
INCOME EFFECTS
INCOME ELASTICITIES
INCOME ELASTICITY
INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
INCOME GROWTH
INPUT PRICES
INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL PRICE
INVENTORIES
INVENTORY
LOCAL CURRENCY
LONG-TERM EQUILIBRIUM
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
M1
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS
MAIZE
MAJOR CURRENCIES
MAJOR WORLD CURRENCIES
MARKET ANALYSIS
MARKET EQUILIBRIUM
MARKET POWER
MARKETING
MEAT
MEATS
MILK POWDER
OIL PRICES
OIL SUPPLIES
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
PATENTS
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
PETROLEUM PRICES
POPULATION GROWTH
PORK
PRICE CHANGE
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE CONTROLS
PRICE DYNAMICS
PRICE EFFECT
PRICE ELASTICITIES
PRICE ELASTICITY
PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
PRICE ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY
PRICE FLUCTUATION
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS
PRICE INCREASE
PRICE INCREASES
PRICE INDICES
PRICE INFLATION
PRICE LEVEL
PRICE STABILITY
PRICE TRENDS
PRICE VOLATILITY
PRIMARY COMMODITIES
PRIMARY COMMODITY
PROCESSED FOODS
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROTEIN
RANDOM WALK
RAPID GROWTH
RATE OF GROWTH
REFINERIES
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RESTAURANTS
RETAIL
SLOWDOWN
SOYBEAN
SOYBEANS
STANDARD DEVIATION
STAPLE FOODS
STOCKS
STRONG DEMAND
SUBSTITUTE
SUBSTITUTES
SUGAR
SUGARCANE
SUPERMARKETS
SUPPLIERS
SUPPLY CHAIN
SUPPLY CURVES
SUPPLY FUNCTION
SUPPLY SHOCKS
SUPPLY SIDE
SUPPLY-SIDE
SURPLUS
TARIFF REDUCTIONS
TOTAL EXPORTS
TOTAL IMPORTS
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE RESTRICTIONS
UPWARD PRESSURE
URUGUAY ROUND
VEGETABLE OILS
WHEAT
WORLD DEMAND
WORLD PRICE
WORLD PRICES
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE VALUE
AGGREGATE DEMAND
AGGREGATE DEMAND CURVE
AGGREGATE SUPPLY
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AGRICULTURAL PRICES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATE
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BASE YEAR
BUFFER
CAPITAL FLOWS
CEREALS
COMMODITY MARKETS
COMMODITY PRICE
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM
CONSUMER PRICE
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
CONSUMER SURPLUS
CONSUMERS
CONSUMPTION DEMAND
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CONSUMPTION INCREASES
CORN
CORN PRICE
CORN PRICES
CORRELATION COEFFICIENT
CURRENCY
DAIRY
DEMAND CURVE
DEMAND FOR FOOD
DEMAND FUNCTION
DEMAND FUNCTIONS
DEMAND GROWTH
DEPRECIATION
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISPOSABLE INCOME
DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION
DOMESTIC DEMAND
DOMESTIC PRICE
DOMESTIC PRICES
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELASTICITY
EMERGING MARKETS
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY PRICE
ENERGY PRICES
EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
EQUILIBRIUM CONDITION
EQUILIBRIUM LEVEL
EXCESS DEMAND
EXCESS SUPPLY
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS
EXCHANGE RATE SHOCK
EXCHANGE RATE SHOCKS
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
EXTREME POVERTY
FACTOR PRICES
FEDERAL RESERVE
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD CROPS
FOOD DEMAND
FOOD EXPORT
FOOD EXPORTS
FOOD MARKETS
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICE INFLATION
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
FOOD SUBSIDIES
FOODS
FREE TRADE
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS
GLOBAL DEMAND
GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY
GLOBALIZATION
GNP
GRAINS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITA
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES
IFPRI
IMPACT OF SHOCKS
IMPORT
IMPORT BARRIERS
IMPORT TARIFFS
IMPORTS
INCOME
INCOME EFFECT
INCOME EFFECTS
INCOME ELASTICITIES
INCOME ELASTICITY
INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
INCOME GROWTH
INPUT PRICES
INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL PRICE
INVENTORIES
INVENTORY
LOCAL CURRENCY
LONG-TERM EQUILIBRIUM
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
M1
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS
MAIZE
MAJOR CURRENCIES
MAJOR WORLD CURRENCIES
MARKET ANALYSIS
MARKET EQUILIBRIUM
MARKET POWER
MARKETING
MEAT
MEATS
MILK POWDER
OIL PRICES
OIL SUPPLIES
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
PATENTS
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
PETROLEUM PRICES
POPULATION GROWTH
PORK
PRICE CHANGE
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE CONTROLS
PRICE DYNAMICS
PRICE EFFECT
PRICE ELASTICITIES
PRICE ELASTICITY
PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
PRICE ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY
PRICE FLUCTUATION
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS
PRICE INCREASE
PRICE INCREASES
PRICE INDICES
PRICE INFLATION
PRICE LEVEL
PRICE STABILITY
PRICE TRENDS
PRICE VOLATILITY
PRIMARY COMMODITIES
PRIMARY COMMODITY
PROCESSED FOODS
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROTEIN
RANDOM WALK
RAPID GROWTH
RATE OF GROWTH
REFINERIES
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RESTAURANTS
RETAIL
SLOWDOWN
SOYBEAN
SOYBEANS
STANDARD DEVIATION
STAPLE FOODS
STOCKS
STRONG DEMAND
SUBSTITUTE
SUBSTITUTES
SUGAR
SUGARCANE
SUPERMARKETS
SUPPLIERS
SUPPLY CHAIN
SUPPLY CURVES
SUPPLY FUNCTION
SUPPLY SHOCKS
SUPPLY SIDE
SUPPLY-SIDE
SURPLUS
TARIFF REDUCTIONS
TOTAL EXPORTS
TOTAL IMPORTS
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE RESTRICTIONS
UPWARD PRESSURE
URUGUAY ROUND
VEGETABLE OILS
WHEAT
WORLD DEMAND
WORLD PRICE
WORLD PRICES
Hochman, Gal
Rajagopal, Deepak
Timilsina, Govinda
Zilberman, David
The Role of Inventory Adjustments in Quantifying Factors Causing Food Price Inflation
geographic_facet The World Region
The World Region
relation Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP),Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5744
description The food commodity price increases beginning in 2001 and culminating in the food crisis of 2007/08 reflected a combination of several factors, including economic growth, biofuel expansion, exchange rate fluctuations, and energy price inflation. To quantify these influences, the authors developed an empirical model that also included crop inventory adjustments. The study shows that, if inventory effects are not taken into account, the impacts of the various factors on food commodity price inflation would be overestimated. If the analysis ignores crop inventory adjustments, it indicates that prices of corn, soybean, rapeseed, rice, and wheat would have been, respectively, 42, 38, 52, and 45 percent lower than the corresponding observed prices in 2007. If inventories are properly taken into account, the contributions of the above mentioned factors to those commodity prices are 36, 26, 26, and 35 percent, respectively. Those four factors, taken together, explain 70 percent of the price increase for corn, 55 percent for soybean, 54 percent for wheat, and 47 percent for rice during the 2001-2007 period. Other factors, such as speculation, trade policy, and weather shocks, which are not included in the analysis, might be responsible for the remaining contribution to the food commodity price increases.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Hochman, Gal
Rajagopal, Deepak
Timilsina, Govinda
Zilberman, David
author_facet Hochman, Gal
Rajagopal, Deepak
Timilsina, Govinda
Zilberman, David
author_sort Hochman, Gal
title The Role of Inventory Adjustments in Quantifying Factors Causing Food Price Inflation
title_short The Role of Inventory Adjustments in Quantifying Factors Causing Food Price Inflation
title_full The Role of Inventory Adjustments in Quantifying Factors Causing Food Price Inflation
title_fullStr The Role of Inventory Adjustments in Quantifying Factors Causing Food Price Inflation
title_full_unstemmed The Role of Inventory Adjustments in Quantifying Factors Causing Food Price Inflation
title_sort role of inventory adjustments in quantifying factors causing food price inflation
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110801103735
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3506
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spelling okr-10986-35062021-04-23T14:02:10Z The Role of Inventory Adjustments in Quantifying Factors Causing Food Price Inflation Hochman, Gal Rajagopal, Deepak Timilsina, Govinda Zilberman, David ABSOLUTE VALUE AGGREGATE DEMAND AGGREGATE DEMAND CURVE AGGREGATE SUPPLY AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BASE YEAR BUFFER CAPITAL FLOWS CEREALS COMMODITY MARKETS COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMER SURPLUS CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION DEMAND CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION INCREASES CORN CORN PRICE CORN PRICES CORRELATION COEFFICIENT CURRENCY DAIRY DEMAND CURVE DEMAND FOR FOOD DEMAND FUNCTION DEMAND FUNCTIONS DEMAND GROWTH DEPRECIATION DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISPOSABLE INCOME DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC PRICES DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM ECONOMIC GROWTH ELASTICITY EMERGING MARKETS ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY PRICE ENERGY PRICES EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS EQUILIBRIUM CONDITION EQUILIBRIUM LEVEL EXCESS DEMAND EXCESS SUPPLY EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS EXCHANGE RATE SHOCK EXCHANGE RATE SHOCKS EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORTS EXTREME POVERTY FACTOR PRICES FEDERAL RESERVE FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CROPS FOOD DEMAND FOOD EXPORT FOOD EXPORTS FOOD MARKETS FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICE INFLATION FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUBSIDIES FOODS FREE TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS GLOBAL DEMAND GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY GLOBALIZATION GNP GRAINS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES IFPRI IMPACT OF SHOCKS IMPORT IMPORT BARRIERS IMPORT TARIFFS IMPORTS INCOME INCOME EFFECT INCOME EFFECTS INCOME ELASTICITIES INCOME ELASTICITY INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND INCOME GROWTH INPUT PRICES INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL PRICE INVENTORIES INVENTORY LOCAL CURRENCY LONG-TERM EQUILIBRIUM LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES M1 MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS MAIZE MAJOR CURRENCIES MAJOR WORLD CURRENCIES MARKET ANALYSIS MARKET EQUILIBRIUM MARKET POWER MARKETING MEAT MEATS MILK POWDER OIL PRICES OIL SUPPLIES OPPORTUNITY COSTS PATENTS PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES PETROLEUM PRICES POPULATION GROWTH PORK PRICE CHANGE PRICE CHANGES PRICE CONTROLS PRICE DYNAMICS PRICE EFFECT PRICE ELASTICITIES PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRICE ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY PRICE FLUCTUATION PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRICE INCREASE PRICE INCREASES PRICE INDICES PRICE INFLATION PRICE LEVEL PRICE STABILITY PRICE TRENDS PRICE VOLATILITY PRIMARY COMMODITIES PRIMARY COMMODITY PROCESSED FOODS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROTEIN RANDOM WALK RAPID GROWTH RATE OF GROWTH REFINERIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESTAURANTS RETAIL SLOWDOWN SOYBEAN SOYBEANS STANDARD DEVIATION STAPLE FOODS STOCKS STRONG DEMAND SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTES SUGAR SUGARCANE SUPERMARKETS SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CURVES SUPPLY FUNCTION SUPPLY SHOCKS SUPPLY SIDE SUPPLY-SIDE SURPLUS TARIFF REDUCTIONS TOTAL EXPORTS TOTAL IMPORTS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE RESTRICTIONS UPWARD PRESSURE URUGUAY ROUND VEGETABLE OILS WHEAT WORLD DEMAND WORLD PRICE WORLD PRICES The food commodity price increases beginning in 2001 and culminating in the food crisis of 2007/08 reflected a combination of several factors, including economic growth, biofuel expansion, exchange rate fluctuations, and energy price inflation. To quantify these influences, the authors developed an empirical model that also included crop inventory adjustments. The study shows that, if inventory effects are not taken into account, the impacts of the various factors on food commodity price inflation would be overestimated. If the analysis ignores crop inventory adjustments, it indicates that prices of corn, soybean, rapeseed, rice, and wheat would have been, respectively, 42, 38, 52, and 45 percent lower than the corresponding observed prices in 2007. If inventories are properly taken into account, the contributions of the above mentioned factors to those commodity prices are 36, 26, 26, and 35 percent, respectively. Those four factors, taken together, explain 70 percent of the price increase for corn, 55 percent for soybean, 54 percent for wheat, and 47 percent for rice during the 2001-2007 period. Other factors, such as speculation, trade policy, and weather shocks, which are not included in the analysis, might be responsible for the remaining contribution to the food commodity price increases. 2012-03-19T18:03:40Z 2012-03-19T18:03:40Z 2011-08-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110801103735 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3506 English Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP),Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5744 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region