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| Amanor-Boadu, Vincent; Zereyesus, Yacob Abrehe. |
| Recent increases in commodity prices have led to calls for the regulation of speculators. These calls have come from many reputable quarters including leading agricultural and food policy institutions such as International Food Policy Research Institute as well as different members of the U.S. Congress. They are based on an assumption that speculative activities are a primary or major source of the volatility in the markets and that controlling these activities through regulations would bring more stability to the market. The paper tests this hypothesis and assesses the contribution of speculative activities in the commodity markets over the past decade to price inflation. The paper argues that government regulatory policies to control speculation in... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Speculators; Inflation; Prices; ARIMA; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46841 |
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| Uchezuba, I.D.; Moshabele, E.; Digopo, D.. |
| Livestock farming significantly contributes to income generation and the improvement of the livelihoods of the rural poor in the Northern Cape. However, profitability and sustainability in the sector are constrained by low returns to investment due to a number of factors. The study investigates the factors influencing mainstream market participation among small-scale farmers in the five districts of the province. The main aim is to calculate the probability of small-scale farmers selling their livestock to more profitable mainstream markets, for example auction pens, against the odds of selling to informal speculators. A binary logistic regression model is applied to primary data collected from 60 sampled households in the districts of Kgalagadi, Pixley ka... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Speculators; Partial effects; Conditional probability; Market participation; Mainstream market; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53382 |
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