Agricultural commodity price volatility

Managing Economic Volatility and Crises: A Practitioner's Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 137-185

  Dehn, Jan ^a   Gilbert, Christopher L ^b,c   Varangis, Panos ^d  

^a Ashmore Group Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d Greek Agricultural Bank   (Greece)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511510755.007     Document Type: Chapter

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