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Agricultural Commodity Futures in India: Performance and Policies - Couverture souple

Sendhil, Ramadas; Kar, Amit; Mathur, Virendra Chanrda

 
9783659293528: Agricultural Commodity Futures in India: Performance and Policies

Synopsis

Commodities have determined the fate and fortune of nations for years and would continue to do so in future through the volatility prevailing in their markets. Volatility in agricultural commodity prices originates mainly from the supply shocks, and with short run demand and supply elasticity coefficients acute price fluctuations arise. Agricultural commodity futures being blamed for food inflation in India, much interest revived among researchers, academicians, regulators and policy makers in examining the performance of futures and its relevance to the small scale production system prevailing in India. This book explores the performance of futures market in India along with some policy interventions to increase the system's efficiency.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Commodities have determined the fate and fortune of nations for years and would continue to do so in future through the volatility prevailing in their markets. Volatility in agricultural commodity prices originates mainly from the supply shocks, and with short run demand and supply elasticity coefficients acute price fluctuations arise. Agricultural commodity futures being blamed for food inflation in India, much interest revived among researchers, academicians, regulators and policy makers in examining the performance of futures and its relevance to the small scale production system prevailing in India. This book explores the performance of futures market in India along with some policy interventions to increase the system's efficiency.

Biographie de l'auteur

The author presently works at the Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal, India. His area of interest includes technology policy, environmental economics, market outlook, price forecasting and growth modelling. He completed his Masters at S.V.Agricultural College, Tirupati and Doctorate at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.

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