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Effects of supply and demand disturbances on real commodity prices : the US, UK and Japanese experience

Fraser, Patricia (contributor); … - 2005

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Soft Liquidity Constraints and Precautionary Saving

Corugedo, Emilio Fernández - 2005

This paper considers the implications for consumption and saving behaviour when households are allowed to borrow, but face penalties which increase with the amount borrowed. It shows that the introduction of this type of constraints (soft liquidity constraints) does not lead to consumers...

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Booms and Slumps in World Commodity Prices

McDermott, C. John; Cashin, Paul Anthony; Scott, Alasdair - 2005

This paper examines the duration and magnitude of cycles in commodity prices. We find that for the majority of commodities, price slumps last longer than price booms. How far prices fall in a slump is found to be slightly larger than how far they tend to rebound in a subsequent boom. We also...

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Disentangling the importance of the precautionary saving motive

Kennickell, Arthur B. (contributor); … - 2005

Keywords: Risk, Buffer-stock Models of Saving, Old Cohorts Wealth, Business Owners Wealth 1. Introduction One of the … savings. Our theoretical framework of reference is the ‘buffer-stock’ model, which we summarize below. 3.1 The “Buffer …-Stock” Model of Saving The theoretical model that has guided our empirical work is the “buffer-stock” model of saving, as derived …

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Commodity price shocks and the odds on fiscal performance : a structural VAR approach

Kumah, Francis Y.; Matovu, John M. - 2005

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Market power and commodity prices : Brazil, Chile and the United States, 1820s - 1930

Abreu, Marcelo de Paiva (contributor); … - 2005

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Can globalization stop the decline in commodities' terms of trade? : The Prebisch-Singer hypothesis revisited

Mollick, André Varella; Faria, João Ricardo; … - 2005

Several empirical studies report the existence of declining terms of trade between commodities and manufactures, supporting the Prebisch-Singer hypothesis. As globalization leads to greater integration of markets, we ask if in a fully integrated economy the terms of trade will display the same...

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Ex ante carrots instead of ex post sticks : two examples

Aizenman, Joshua - 2005

This paper argues that the limited ability to help developing countries in a crisis should shift the focus to policies helping in reducing the ex ante probability of crises. Indirectly, such policies would also alleviate the depths of realized crises. Two specific ideas are explored:...

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Nonrenewable Resource Prices : Deterministic or Stochastic Trends?

Lee, Junsoo - 2005

In this paper we examine temporal properties of eleven natural resource real price series from 1870-1990 by employing a Lagrangian Multiplier unit root test that allows for two endogenously determined structural breaks with and without a quadratic trend. Contrary to previous research, we find...

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Weighted Country Product Dummy Variable Regressions and Index Number Formulae

Diewert, W. Erwin - 2005

The article considers a very simple type of hedonic regression model where the only characteristic of a commodity is the commodity itself. This regression model is known as the country product dummy method for calculating country price parities in the context of making international comparisons....

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