The 2008 commodity price boom: did speculation play a role?

Mineral Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-28

  Östensson, Olle ^a  

^a Caromb Consulting   (France)

Author keywords

Commodity; Index funds; Price spike; Speculation; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962161446     PISSN: 21912203     EISSN: 21912211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13563-011-0006-5     Document Type: Article

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