A handbook of primary commodities in the global economy

Publication Data

• Title A handbook of primary commodities in the global economy
• Alternative Title Primary commodities in the global economy
• Author Marian Radetzki
• Publisher Cambridge University Press
• Publication date 2008
• Publication location Cambridge
• Language English

Contents

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.

Topics

• Primary commodities
• Commercial policy
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A handbook of primary commodities in the global economy by Marian Radetzki. ISBN 9780521880206. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.