The Determinants of Food Prices: A Case Study of Pakistan
Published By: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) | Published Date: January, 01 , 2011Controlling prices is one of the major tasks for the macroeconomic policy-makers. The recent oil price hike that shifted the policy towards biofuels and some natural calamities increased food prices around the world. This paper analyses the demand- and supply-side factors that affect food prices in Pakistan. Long-run relationship is analysed using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model (ARDL) for the period 1970 to 2008.
Author(s): Henna Ahsan, Zainab Iftikhar, M. Ali Kemal | Posted on: Feb 06, 2016 | Views() | Download (404)