scholarly journals Are International Food Price Spikes the Source of Egypt’s High Inflation?

2013 ◽  
pp. 61-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherine Al-Shawarby ◽  
Hoda Selim
Keyword(s):  
Food Price ◽  
High Inflation ◽  
Price Spikes

Unlearned lessons of food price spikes

2021 ◽  
pp. 25-45
Author(s):  
R. R. Gumerov
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Price Volatility ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Food Price ◽  
Food Market ◽  
Essential Food ◽  
Domestic Food ◽  
Price Spikes

The article substantiates the author’s hypothesis of the fundamental reasons for periodic «ups» in prices for essential food products, including the most recent price jump in the second half of 2020. Both the official assessments of the causes of recurring food price surges and the measures taken by the executive branch to stop and prevent them are subjected to critical analysis. Conclusions and fundamental proposals are formulated aimed at eradicating the systemic causes of price volatility in the domestic food market.

Why Chinese central bank should focus on headline inflation

2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Supplement-2) ◽  
pp. 39-51
Author(s):  
Zhifang Su
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Central Bank ◽  
Food Price ◽  
Inflation Expectations ◽  
Core Inflation ◽  
Term Trend ◽  
Dynamic Relationship ◽  
High Inflation ◽  
Long Term Trend

In this paper, we explore the change in short-term headline-core inflation dynamic relationship using threshold error correction model, and explain why the Chinese central bank should focus on headline inflation when conducting monetary policy. The results find that: (1) the deviation between core and headline inflation is eliminated mainly through reverting core inflation to headline inflation in high inflation period, indicating that headline inflation catches the long-term trend of inflation much better than core inflation does; (2) movements in food price have become a significant source of public’s inflation expectations and food inflation persistence is increasing, reflecting that the rising food price may not have been a transient phenomenon but has become a part of the long-term trend of inflation. The above conclusions imply Chinese central bank should not implement the monetary policy based on core inflation excluding food price but should make a certain response to the surging food price.

scholarly journals Effects of Food Price Spikes on Household Welfare in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adebayo Shittu ◽  
Dare Akerele ◽  
Mekbib Haile
Keyword(s):  
Food Price ◽  
Household Welfare ◽  
Price Spikes

scholarly journals Food Price Spikes Are Associated with Increased Malnutrition among Children in Andhra Pradesh, India

2015 ◽  
Vol 145 (8) ◽  
pp. 1942-1949 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukumar Vellakkal ◽  
Jasmine Fledderjohann ◽  
Sanjay Basu ◽  
Sutapa Agrawal ◽  
Shah Ebrahim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Food Price ◽  
Price Spikes

scholarly journals Food Price Spikes, Price Insulation and Poverty

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kym Anderson ◽  
Maros Ivanic ◽  
Will Martin
Keyword(s):  
Food Price ◽  
Price Spikes

scholarly journals The hunger games: Food prices, ethnic cleavages and nonviolent unrest in Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-296
Author(s):  
Luke Abbs
Keyword(s):  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Grid Cell ◽  
Food Prices ◽  
Food Price ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
The Hunger Games ◽  
Nonviolent Action ◽  
The Government ◽  
Price Spikes

Nonviolent movements are more successful when mobilizing large and diverse numbers of participants. However, while there has been considerable research on the outcomes of nonviolent campaigns, far less is known about the initial emergence of nonviolent action. A growing literature suggests ethnic divisions may undermine the ability of activists to engage in mass nonviolent mobilization across diverse social lines. Yet many large and diverse nonviolent movements have successfully emerged in various ethnically divided societies across the world. I argue that nonviolent mobilization is made possible in ethnically polarized contexts when broader cross-cutting grievances are present as they enable local activists to widen their appeal across social lines. I focus on food price spikes as an example of a cross-cutting issue that is likely to affect consumers from different ethnic groups. The unique and symbolic nature of food price spikes facilitates nonviolent mobilization across ethnic lines and provides clear short-term incentives for many people to participate in protests against the government. Using new spatially disaggregated data on government targeted nonviolent action, I analyse grid-cell years across 41 African countries (1990–2008). I find strong evidence that food price spikes increase the likelihood of nonviolent action in politically excluded and ethnically diverse locations.

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