Speculative bubbles in agricultural commodity markets

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 217-238

  Gutierrez, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

bootstrap; bubbles; commodity prices; unit root tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874770865     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbs017     Document Type: Article

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