Decomposing terms of trade fluctuations in Ethiopia

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1219-1224

  Loening, Josef L ^a   Higashi, Masato ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COFFEE; COMMODITY MARKET; COMMODITY PRICE; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; EXPORT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PRICE DYNAMICS; TRADE FLOW;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 79960932497     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2010.532094     Document Type: Article

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