Drift in the relative price of primary commodities: A case where we care about unit roots

Applied Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 653-661

  Newbold, Paul ^a   Vougas, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0013167732     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368496328399     Document Type: Article

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