The great metals boom: A retrospective

Resources Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Humphreys, David ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Barriers to entry; Commodity price boom; Mergers and acquisitions; Structural shifts; Super cycle; Supply side; Terms of trade

Indexed keywords

BARRIERS TO ENTRY; COMMODITY PRICES; DEMAND GROWTH; DEMAND SHOCKS; DEMAND-SIDE; DOWNWARD PRESSURE; EMERGING ECONOMIES; MANUFACTURED GOODS; METAL PRICES; SECOND WORLD WAR; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; STRUCTURAL SHIFTS; SUPER CYCLES; TWO-PRODUCT;

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; COSTS; METALS;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

COMMODITY MARKET; COMMODITY PRICE; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; MANUFACTURING; MERGER; METALS INDUSTRY; MINERAL RESOURCE; PRICE DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

CHINA;

EID: 73649138917     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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