A handbook of primary commodities in the global economy /

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The world is going through an exceptional commodity boom triggered by a global demand shock largely caused by the sudden emergence of China and India as sizeable raw material importers. Prices of numerous commodities tripled between 2003 and 2006, resulting in huge windfalls for producers and a fina...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Radetzki, Marian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Primary commodities.
Commercial policy.
Primary commodities > Prices.
Produits de base.
Politique commerciale.
Produits de base > Prix.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Investments & Securities > Commodities.
Rohstoffweltmarkt
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The historical framework
  • The geography of commodity production and trade
  • Comparative advantage and the trade policy distortions
  • Price formation and price trends in primary commodities
  • The commodity exchanges, commodity investments and speculation
  • The economics of exhaustible resource depletion
  • Fears of and measures to assure supply security
  • Producer cartels in international commodity markets
  • Public ownership in primary commodity production
  • The monoeconomies : issues raised by heavy dependence on commodity production and exports.

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