This thesis proposes an analysis of food price stabilisation policies in poor countries. In order to represent the conditions in these countries, we introduce in a rational expectations storage model the assumption that consumers cannot insure against price risk and are risk averse. The market incompleteness justifies public intervention and various stabilisation policies are analysed. An optimal storage policy implies a storage level higher than without intervention. This additional storage crowds out private storers by removing the profit opportunity from speculation. Since the use of complex intervention rules is unlikely in poor countries, we compare state-contingent optimal food storage policies, with and without commitment, to simple ...
When food prices spike in countries with large numbers of poor people, hunger and malnutrition are v...
When food prices spike in countries with large numbers of poor people, hunger and malnutrition are v...
This paper analyzes food price stabilization policies in a small, open, developing country. Without ...
This thesis proposes an analysis of food price stabilisation policies in poor countries. In order to...
This thesis proposes an analysis of food price stabilisation policies in poor countries. In order to...
This thesis proposes an analysis of food price stabilisation policies in poor countries. In order to...
This thesis proposes an analysis of food price stabilisation policies in poor countries. In order to...
This thesis proposes an analysis of food price stabilisation policies in poor countries. In order to...
This thesis proposes an analysis of food price stabilisation policies in poor countries. In order to...
This thesis proposes an analysis of food price stabilisation policies in poor countries. In order to...
Classification JEL : D52; Q11; Q18This paper proposes a framework for designing optimal food price s...
International audienceThis paper analyzes the use of storage and trade policies to achieve food pric...
This paper analyzes the use of storage and trade policies to achieve food price stabilization in a s...
This paper analyzes the use of storage and trade policies to achieve food price stabilization in a s...
When food prices spike in countries with large numbers of poor people, hunger and malnutrition are v...
When food prices spike in countries with large numbers of poor people, hunger and malnutrition are v...
When food prices spike in countries with large numbers of poor people, hunger and malnutrition are v...
This paper analyzes food price stabilization policies in a small, open, developing country. Without ...
This thesis proposes an analysis of food price stabilisation policies in poor countries. In order to...
This thesis proposes an analysis of food price stabilisation policies in poor countries. In order to...
This thesis proposes an analysis of food price stabilisation policies in poor countries. In order to...
This thesis proposes an analysis of food price stabilisation policies in poor countries. In order to...
This thesis proposes an analysis of food price stabilisation policies in poor countries. In order to...
This thesis proposes an analysis of food price stabilisation policies in poor countries. In order to...
This thesis proposes an analysis of food price stabilisation policies in poor countries. In order to...
Classification JEL : D52; Q11; Q18This paper proposes a framework for designing optimal food price s...
International audienceThis paper analyzes the use of storage and trade policies to achieve food pric...
This paper analyzes the use of storage and trade policies to achieve food price stabilization in a s...
This paper analyzes the use of storage and trade policies to achieve food price stabilization in a s...
When food prices spike in countries with large numbers of poor people, hunger and malnutrition are v...
When food prices spike in countries with large numbers of poor people, hunger and malnutrition are v...
When food prices spike in countries with large numbers of poor people, hunger and malnutrition are v...
This paper analyzes food price stabilization policies in a small, open, developing country. Without ...