This textbook addresses the core issues facing economists concerning price determination in commodity markets, especially food and agricultural commodities. This book hones in on the conceptual basis of the various relationships, with special emphasis on market interrelationships, both...

1. Introduction -- 2. Consumer Demand: Theory -- 3. Consumer Demand: Separability and Commodity Aggregation -- 4. Consumer Demand: Empirical Analysis I -- 5. Consumer Demand: Empirical Analysis II -- 6. Quality, Heterogeneous Goods, and Cross Section Demand -- 7. Derived Demand, Marketing...

Energy demand / Govinda Timilsina -- Energy and economic growth / David Stern -- Oil prices and the macroeconomy / Lance Bachmeier and Michael Plante -- Economics of renewable energy / Painuly J. Prasad and Norbert Wohlgemuth -- Energy efficiency and economy-wide rebound: realising a net gain to...

Introduction -- Fundamentals of commodity economics : supply -- Fundamentals of commodity economics : demand -- Fundamentals of commodity derivatives -- Economics & financial activities behind derivatives -- Real optionality & valuation -- Commodity beta : diversification and inflation...