Preface
Introduction
Jean-Paul Chavas, David Hummels, and Brian D. Wright
1. Influences of Agricultural Technology on the Size and Importance of Food Price Variability
Julian M. Alston, Will Martin, and Philip G. Pardey
Comment: James M. MacDonald
2. Corn Production Shocks in 2012 and Beyond: Implications for Harvest Volatility
Steven T. Berry, Michael J. Roberts, and Wolfram Schlenker
Comment: Derek Headey
3. Biofuels, Binding Constraints, and Agricultural Commodity Price Volatility
Philip Abbott
Comment: Brian D. Wright
4. The Evolving Relationships between Agricultural and Energy Commodity Prices: A Shifting-Mean Vector Autoregressive Analysis
Walter Enders and Matthew T. Holt
Comment: Barry K. Goodwin
5. Bubble Troubles? Rational Storage, Mean Reversion, and Runs in Commodity Prices
Eugenio S. A. Bobenrieth, Juan R. A. Bobenrieth, and Brian D. Wright
Comment: Jock R. Anderson
6. Bubbles, Food Prices, and Speculation: Evidence from the CFTC’s Daily Large Trader Data Files
Nicole M. Aulerich, Scott H. Irwin, and Philip Garcia
Comment: Aaron Smith
7. Food Price Volatility and Domestic Stabilization Policies in Developing Countries
Christophe Gouel
Comment: Shenggen Fan
8. Food Price Spikes, Price Insulation, and Poverty
Kym Anderson, Maros Ivanic, and Will Martin
Comment: Marc F. Bellemare
9. Trade Insulation as Social Protection
Quy-Toan Do, Andrei A. Levchenko, and Martin Ravallion
Comment: Ron Trostle
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index