In this contribution, the development of price volatility on German agricultural markets is analyzed. We quantify the degree of price volatility for selected German agricultural markets and determine how it evolves over time and search for policy driven structural changes in volatility levels measured by the historical volatility. Based on annualised historical volatilities t-test were performed to identify if the change in the volatility levels show any relationship to the process of reform of the CAP. An increase in volatility could be identified for the main German markets regulated by the Common Market Organisations. A positive relationship among the reform process of the CAP and the changes of the volatility levels could be identified particularly for the cereals markets.
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von Ledebur, O., & Schmitz, J. (2012). Price volatility on the German Agricultural Markets. In 123rd EAAE Seminar - Price Volatility and Farm Income Stabilisation: Modelling Outcomes and Assessing Market and Policy Based Responses. Dublin.
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