The China factor in recent global commodity price and shipping freight volatilities

China Economic Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-377

  Lu, Feng ^a   Li, Yuanfang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China factor in the global commodity markets; global ocean shipping freights; world commodity markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960041939     PISSN: 17538963     EISSN: 17538971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538960903552891     Document Type: Article

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