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The Co-Movement Between Cotton and Polyester Prices

The authors examine the price linkages among polyester (the dominant chemical fiber), cotton (the dominant natural fiber), and crude oil (the dominant energy commodity), based on monthly data between 1980 and 2002. The modeling framework incorporates several aspects of the unit root econometrics lit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Baffes, John, Gohou, Gaston
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACRYLIC
AGRICULTURAL PRICES
AGRICULTURE
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
BUDGET DEFICITS
CARBON
CLOTHING
COCOA
COCONUT
COCONUT OIL
COFFEE
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS
COTTON
COTTON PRICES
COTTON PRODUCTION
CPI
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC DYNAMICS
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
FAO
FIBERS
FISHER EFFECT
FUTURE RESEARCH
INEFFICIENCY
INFLATION
INORGANIC FIBERS
INTEREST RATES
JUTE
MAIZE
MARKET ANALYSIS
MARKET INTEGRATION
MARKETING
MEAL
NATURAL FIBERS
NYLON
OIL
OIL PRICES
PALM OIL
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLYESTER
PRESENT VALUE
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE INCREASES
PRODUCE
PRODUCERS
PURCHASING
PURCHASING POWER
RAYON
RICE
SILK
SISAL
SORGHUM
SOYBEAN
SOYBEAN OIL
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
SUBSTITUTES
SUGAR
SYNTHETIC FIBRES
TEA
TEXTILES
TIME SERIES
TRADE POLICIES
WAGES
WHEAT
WOOL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/03/5650313/co-movement-between-cotton-polyester-prices
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8870

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