Are Volatile Coffee Prices Important to Economic Inequality?

Authors

KWAME D. FYNN, Macalester CollegeFollow

Abstract

Historically, developing countries have been heavily dependent on natural resources as a major source of national income. Despite their large resource endowments, countries have been subject to volatile commodity prices which might affect the economic development of a nation. A salient measure of development is the inequality that persists within an economy as it portrays relative levels of income distribution. In this paper, using an econometric approach I seek to analyze the impact volatile coffee prices has on income inequality within a country or in a particular geographic region.

Recommended Citation

FYNN, KWAME D. (2013) "Are Volatile Coffee Prices Important to Economic Inequality?," The Macalester Review: Vol. 3: Iss. 2, Article 7.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/macreview/vol3/iss2/7