The real, real price of nonrenewable resources: Copper 1870-2000

World Development

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 501-519

  Svedberg, Peter ^a   Tilton, John E ^b,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Depletion; Minerals; Nonrenewable resources; Real price

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; COPPER; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 32644487237     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.07.018     Document Type: Article

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