Do financial investors affect the price of wheat?

It is widely debated whether financial speculation was a significant force behind recent food price fluctuations. As a matter of fact, during the 2000s agricultural commodity derivatives markets were flooded by a ‘wall of money’ coming from financial investors. In agricultural exchanges, the greate...

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Published in:PSL Quarterly Review
Main Author: Daniele Girardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Economia civile 2012-03-01
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Online Access:http://ojs.uniroma1.it/index.php/PSLQuarterlyReview/article/view/9936/9819