The Comovement in Commodity Prices : Sources and Implications /

We present a simple macroeconomic model with a continuum of primary commodities used in the production of the final good, such that the real prices of commodities have a factor structure. One factor captures the combined contribution of all aggregate shocks which have no direct effects on commodity...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alquist, Ron
Other Authors: Coibion, Olivier
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/140
Online Access:Full text available on IMF