Explaining the persistence of commodity prices

Computational Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 149-171

  Ng, Serena ^a   Ruge Murcia, Francisco J ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commodity prices; Persistence; Speculative storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444515118     PISSN: 09277099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008713823410     Document Type: Article

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