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The standard approach to modelling primary commodity markets under rational expectations is to relate the commodity price to the production and consumption `surprises' (i.e. the innovations on the equations). Using the world aluminium market, I show how this approach can be modified so that both...
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The paper presents a simple model of financial contracting for a long-term investment project in which early project termination may be an optimal response to information asymmetries. The paper characterizes when this constellation leads to inefficient short- term investment. It is shown that in...
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