The Relative Volatility of Commodity Prices : A Reappraisal

This paper studies the volatility of commodity prices on the basis of a large dataset of monthly prices observed in international trade data from the United States over the period 2002 to 2011. The conventional wisdom in academia and policy circles...

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Main Authors: Arezki, Rabah, Lederman, Daniel, Zhao, Hongyan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111208154920
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3673