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Project

The Transmission Mechanism of Food Commodity Market Shocks to Real Economic Activity

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01J01517

Duration

01 October 2017 → 30 September 2024

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Gert Peersman

Research disciplines

Social sciences
- Applied economics
- Economic development, innovation, technological change and growth
- Economic history
- Macroeconomics and monetary economics
- Microeconomics
- Tourism

Keywords

food commodity markets food prices macroeconomic consequences transmission mechanism

Project description

The macroeconomic effects of changes in food commodity prices are about six times larger than the share of food commodities in overall personal consumption. In this project, we analyze the transmission mechanism of food commodity price shocks to real economic activity in order to better
understand why the effects are so large.

English

Dutch

English

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