What color are commodity prices? A fractal analysis

Empirical Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 563-580

  Cromwell, J B ^b   Labys, Walter C ^a   Kouassi, E ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Commodity price colors; Fractal analysis; Long memory and persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010051725     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001810000033     Document Type: Article

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