Do oil price increases cause higher food prices?

Economic Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 80, 2014, Pages 691-747

  Baumeister, Christiane ^a   Kilian, Lutz ^a  

^a BANK OF CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 84911494184     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0327.12039     Document Type: Article

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