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  • Thomas W. Hertel and Jayson Beckman, The Intended and Unintended Effects of US Agricultural and Biotechnology Policies (University of Chicago Press, 2011), chap. 6, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/intended-and-unintended-effects-us-agricultural-and-biotechnology-policies/commodity-price-volatility-biofuel-era-examination-linkage-between-energy-and-agricultural-markets.

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Agricultural and energy commodity prices have traditionally exhibited relatively low correlation. However, recent...

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