The Power of Prices: How Fast Do Commodity Markets Adjust to Shocks?

This paper establishes supply and demand elasticities for a broad set of commodities based on a consistent dataset and identification methodology. We apply granular IV methods to a new cross-country panel dataset of commodity production and consumption from 1960-2021. The results indicate that commo...

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Main Author: Bogmans, Christian
Other Authors: Pescatori, Andrea, Petrella, Ivan, Prifti, Ervin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2024
Series:IMF Working Papers
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