Forty years of oil price fluctuations: Why the price of oil may still surprise us

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 139-160

  Baumeister, Christiane ^a,b   Kilian, Lutz ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 85011826523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.30.1.139     Document Type: Review

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