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Grain Price Spikes and Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Policy Responses : A Global Economywide Analysis

When prices spike in international grain markets, national governments often reduce the extent to which that spike affects their domestic food markets. Those actions exacerbate the price spike and international welfare transfer associated with the...

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Main Authors:	Jensen, Hans G, Anderson, Kym
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRICE AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION ALLOWANCE BARRIER BORDER PRICE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICE BOOMS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY CONSUMER PRICES CORRELATION COEFFICIENT COUNTRY TO COUNTRY CURRENCY DAIRY DEMAND CURVE DEVALUATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC PRICES DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC WELFARE EQUILIBRIUM EXCESS SUPPLY EXOGENOUS SHOCK EXOGENOUS SHOCKS EXOGENOUS SUPPLY EXPORT SUBSIDIES EXPORTER EXPORTERS EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FINANCIAL CRISIS FOOD EXPORT FOOD EXPORTS FOOD IMPORTS FOOD MARKETS FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTS FOODS GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GLOBAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS GRAIN PRODUCTION GRAINS HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES IMPORT IMPORT PROTECTION IMPORT RESTRICTIONS IMPORT TARIFF IMPORT TARIFFS INCOME INTERNATIONAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL PRICE INTERNATIONAL PRICES INTERNATIONAL TRADE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS MAIZE MARKET ACCESS MARKET PRICE MARKETPLACE MEAT MULTILATERAL TRADE OUTPUT PADDY POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL ECONOMY PRICE CHANGE PRICE CHANGES PRICE COMPARISONS PRICE DISTORTIONS PRICE ELASTICITIES PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRICE IMPACTS PRICE INCREASES PRICE STABILIZATION PRICE SUPPORT PRICE SUPPORTS PRICE VOLATILITY PROCESSED FOODS PRODUCER PRICE PRODUCT MARKETS SEVERE WEATHER SHORTFALL SHORTFALLS SMALL COUNTRIES SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS STOCK CHANGES STOCKS SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTES SUPPLY CURVE SUPPLY RESPONSE SUPPLY RESPONSES SUPPLY SHOCK SUPPLY SHOCKS SURPLUS SURPLUS COUNTRY TAX TAX RATES TRADE BARRIERS TRADE POLICY TRADE RESTRICTION TRADE RESTRICTIONS TRADE RESTRICTIVENESS TRADE TAXES VOLATILITY WHEAT WORLD ECONOMY WORLD MARKET WORLD TRADE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/08/20127805/grain-price-spikes-beggar-thy-neighbor-policy-responses-global-economywide-analysis-grain-price-spikes-beggar-thy-neighbor-policy-responses-global-economywide-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20363

Grain Price Spikes and Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Policy Responses : A Global Economywide Analysis

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