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Are Commodity Prices More Volatile Now? A Long-Run Perspective

Soaring commodity prices in 2007 and 2008 raised concerns that volatility was also rising, which would have implications for welfare and therefore for the design of public policy interventions. The literature focuses on trends in commodity prices r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Calvo-Gonzalez, Oscar, Shankar, Rashmi, Trezzi, Riccardo
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
AGRICULTURAL PRICE
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
BORROWING COUNTRIES
CAPITAL FLOWS
CENTRAL BANK
CHANGE IN VOLATILITY
COMMODITIES
COMMODITIES PRICE
COMMODITY
COMMODITY BOOM
COMMODITY INDEX
COMMODITY INDICES
COMMODITY MARKETS
COMMODITY PRICE
COMMODITY PRICE INDEX
COMMODITY PRICE INDEXES
COMMODITY PRICE INDICES
COMMODITY PRICES
DEREGULATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES
EXCHANGE RATES
FINANCIAL DATA
FINANCIAL MARKET
FINANCIAL MARKET VOLATILITY
FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATE
FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE INTERVENTION
HEDGING
HIGHER VOLATILITY
INCOME
INCREASE IN VOLATILITY
INDUSTRIAL COMMODITIES
INDUSTRIAL COMMODITY
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMICS
MARKET INTEGRATION
MARKET PRICES
MARKET VOLATILITY
MEASURE OF VOLATILITY
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE INDEX
PRICE INDEXES
PRICE INDICES
PRICE LEVEL
PRICE LEVELS
PRICE MOVEMENT
PRICE MOVEMENTS
PRICE SERIES
PRICE SUPPORT
PRICE SUPPORTS
PRICE VOLATILITY
PRIMARY COMMODITIES
PRIMARY COMMODITY
PUBLIC POLICY
SPOT PRICE
STANDARD DEVIATION
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TRADED COMMODITIES
VOLATILITIES
VOLATILITY
WORLD MARKET
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_20101027081331
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3941

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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101027081331
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3941

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