Commodity prices, convenience yields, and inflation

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 206-219

  Gospodinov, Nikolay ^a   Ng, Serena ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84886050097     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00242     Document Type: Article

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