The influence of domestic pricing policies and buffer stocks on price stability in the world wheat industry

Domestic pricing policies are a major cause of instability in international commodity markets. The modification of such policies could be a viable alternative to buffer stocks in providing stability. A theoretical model of price intervention is developed to show how common forms of intervention dest...

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Published in:American journal of agricultural economics 1979-08, Vol.61 (3), p.434-447
Main Authors: Zwart, A.C, Meilke, K.D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
buffer stock
Derived demand
domestic policies
Domestic policy
Domestic prices
Elasticity of demand
Price stability
Safety stock
stochastic simulation
Supply
Supply and demand
Wheat
World prices
world wheat industry
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Summary:Domestic pricing policies are a major cause of instability in international commodity markets. The modification of such policies could be a viable alternative to buffer stocks in providing stability. A theoretical model of price intervention is developed to show how common forms of intervention destabilize the world market price. A stochastic econometric model is used to show, first, that most countries in the world wheat market have policies which destabilize the wheat market, and, second, that the modification of such policies would prove as effective as a buffer stock policy in stabilizing the wheat market.
ISSN:0002-9092
1467-8276
DOI:10.2307/1239429