1 992), hereafter PMR, analyze the statistical properties of cash prices for 17 commodities. Their results are consistent with other studies which have found autocorrelation in commodity prices. For a literature review, see Tomek and Myers (1993). This author fears, however, that the introductory an
Primary commodity prices — a pedagogical note
✍ Scribed by Ferdinand E. Banks
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 263 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-4207
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