Responding to high commodity prices

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-105

  Sugden, Craig ^a  

^a ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Philippines)

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EID: 65549110255     PISSN: 08189935     EISSN: 14678411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8411.2009.01224.x     Document Type: Article

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