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Capstone Projects

The Impacts of Supply Chain Volatility on Price Elastiscity

Program: Data Science Master's
Location: Not Specified (remote)
Student: Caleb Waack

The goal was to see how likely it was to predict supply chain changes, and how it would ultimately impact price. I investigated commodities, because they should be insulated from major swings. However, what was found was the war in Ukraine has increased the elasticity of wheat in spite of wheat being highly subsidized.