The Effects of Exchange Rate and Commodity Price Volatilities on Trade Volumes of Major Agricultural Commodities

This thesis examines the effects of price and exchange rate volatilities on the volume of trade corn, soybean, wheat and rice. Empirical results indicate that price volatility and exchange rate volatilities do not have effects on Canada’s export of wheat and soybean, and Canada’s import of corn and...

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Main Author: Haque, A K Iftekharul
Other Authors: Hailu, Getu
Language:en
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10214/4036
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spelling ndltd-LACETR-oai-collectionscanada.gc.ca-OGU.10214-40352013-10-04T04:14:28ZThe Effects of Exchange Rate and Commodity Price Volatilities on Trade Volumes of Major Agricultural CommoditiesHaque, A K IftekharulExchange rate volatilityPrice volatilityInternational tradeAgricultural commodity tradeThis thesis examines the effects of price and exchange rate volatilities on the volume of trade corn, soybean, wheat and rice. Empirical results indicate that price volatility and exchange rate volatilities do not have effects on Canada’s export of wheat and soybean, and Canada’s import of corn and rice. This thesis also examined the effects of exchange rate and commodity price volatilities on developed countries’ trade and developing countries’ trade separately. Results show that trade between developing countries is more sensitive to exchange rate and commodity price volatilities than trade between developed countries.Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy and Competitiveness Research Network (CATPRN)Hailu, Getu2012-09-112012-10-03T18:07:47Z2012-10-03T18:07:47Z2012-10-03Thesishttp://hdl.handle.net/10214/4036en
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topic Exchange rate volatility
Price volatility
International trade
Agricultural commodity trade
spellingShingle Exchange rate volatility
Price volatility
International trade
Agricultural commodity trade
Haque, A K Iftekharul
The Effects of Exchange Rate and Commodity Price Volatilities on Trade Volumes of Major Agricultural Commodities
description This thesis examines the effects of price and exchange rate volatilities on the volume of trade corn, soybean, wheat and rice. Empirical results indicate that price volatility and exchange rate volatilities do not have effects on Canada’s export of wheat and soybean, and Canada’s import of corn and rice. This thesis also examined the effects of exchange rate and commodity price volatilities on developed countries’ trade and developing countries’ trade separately. Results show that trade between developing countries is more sensitive to exchange rate and commodity price volatilities than trade between developed countries. === Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy and Competitiveness Research Network (CATPRN)
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Haque, A K Iftekharul
author Haque, A K Iftekharul
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title The Effects of Exchange Rate and Commodity Price Volatilities on Trade Volumes of Major Agricultural Commodities
title_short The Effects of Exchange Rate and Commodity Price Volatilities on Trade Volumes of Major Agricultural Commodities
title_full The Effects of Exchange Rate and Commodity Price Volatilities on Trade Volumes of Major Agricultural Commodities
title_fullStr The Effects of Exchange Rate and Commodity Price Volatilities on Trade Volumes of Major Agricultural Commodities
title_full_unstemmed The Effects of Exchange Rate and Commodity Price Volatilities on Trade Volumes of Major Agricultural Commodities
title_sort effects of exchange rate and commodity price volatilities on trade volumes of major agricultural commodities
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