Jacks, David S.; O'Rourke, Kevin H.; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), … - 2009
Gayer-Rostow-
Schwartz (1953) British commodity price index for 1790-1850 contain 69 items. Our historical
price data base …
was an increase in the volatility of the Economist’s industrial commodity price index after 1971.
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Are Commodity … increased substantially after 1972).
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Cashin
and McDermott (2002) find that the Economist’s annual industrial commodity price …