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The influence of biofuels, economic and financial factors on daily returns of commodity futures prices

Algieri, Bernardina - 2014

Biofuels production has experienced rapid growth worldwide as one of several strategies to promote green energy economies. Indeed, climate change mitigation and energy security have been frequent rationales behind biofuel policies, but biofuels production could generate negative impacts, such as...

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A journey through the history of commodity derivatives markets and the political economy of (de)regulation

Algieri, Bernardina - 2018

The present study examines the dynamics and regulatory regimes of commodity derivatives markets through time. The historical perspective allows to identify the reasons behind the use of derivatives and the impact of changing rules on financial systems. It further permits to highlight the...

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Wave after wave: Contagion risk from commodity markets

Algieri, Bernardina; Leccadito, Arturo - 2017

The aim of this study is to investigate the possible contagion risk coming from energy, food and metals commodity … on quantile regression. This novel methodology allows us first to identify a measure of contagion risk for energy, food … contagion effect of one market is significantly larger than the one of another market. The results show that energy, food and …

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Debt and Growth

López, Ramón - 2018

We generalize endogenous growth models, which often assume a closed-economy, to allow for international borrowing and lending. We incorporate a prominent feature of global financial markets, that the marginal cost of borrowing facing a small open economy is dependent on the “country risk” as...

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Economic institutional evolution and further needs for adjustments: Township Village Enterprises in China

Zhu, Qiuxia; Elbern, Stefanie - 2002

Township Village Enterprises (TVEs) have essentially contributed to China's economic development and institutional transformation over the last twenty years. One of the explanations for the mechanism of TVEs' growth is the co-operative culture theory which claims that Chinese - compared with...

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Institutional reform of economic legislation in Egypt

El-Mikawy, Noha; Hashem, Amr; Kassem, Maye; El-Sawi, Ali; … - 2000

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Power, institutions and moral entrepreneurs

Reich, Simon - 2003

This paper constitutes a component of a larger research project. The larger project attempts to address two issues in international relations - - one substantive and theoretical, the second epistemological and ontological. The first issue, which will be the focus of this paper, considers the...

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Price volatility, speculation and excessive speculation in commodity markets: Sheep or shepherd behaviour?

Algieri, Bernardina - 2012

The present study aims to investigate the dynamics of primary commodity prices and the role of speculation over time. In particular the relationship between speculation and price volatility on the one side, and the linkage between excessive speculation and price volatility on the other side, is...

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Global food price volatility and spikes: An overview of costs, causes, and solutions

von Braun, Joachim; Tadesse, Getaw - 2012

Since the 2007-08 food crisis, many thoughtful analyses have addressed the causes and impacts of high and volatile international food prices and proposed solutions to the crisis. These studies have covered global as well as local food price dynamics and policy reactions. The food price problem...

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Food Price Spikes and Volatility in Local Food Markets in Nigeria

Shittu, Adebayo - 2017

Beside the mixed evidences on transmission of international food price volatility to local markets and the desirability or otherwise of reliance on stabilisation policy to cushion the effects, very little is known about the key drivers of price spikes and volatility in sub-Saharan Africa. This...

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