Long-term trends in the Real real prices of primary commodities: Inflation bias and the Prebisch-Singer hypothesis

Resources Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 72-76

  Cuddington, John T ^a  

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

Author keywords

Inflation bias; Prebisch Singer hypothesis; Primary commodity prices; Relative price trends

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; LONG-TERM TREND; NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE; PRICE INDEX; RELATIVE PRICES;

COPPER;

COSTS;

COMMODITY PRICE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFLATION; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE; PRICE DYNAMICS; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953020901     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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