The IMF, the World Bank and commodity prices: A case of shifting sands?

被引：12
作者：
Sapsford, D [1 ]
Singer, H
机构：
[1] Univ Lancaster, Lancaster, England
[2] Univ Sussex, Inst Dev Studies, Brighton BN1 9RH, E Sussex, England
来源：
WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 1998年 / 26卷 / 09期
关键词：
terms of trade; commodity prices; IMF; World Bank; Prebisch-Singer hypothesis;
D O I：
10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00068-0
中图分类号：
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号：
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要：
This paper examines some recent developments in the thinking of both the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank regarding the macroeconomic determinants of commodity prices and the relative importance of secular and cyclical factors in explaining their recent behavior. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码：1653 / 1660
页数：8
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