A handbook of primary commodities in the global economy

Radetzki, Marian

A handbook of primary commodities in the global economy Marian Radetzki - Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2008 - x, 233 p. : Ill. ; 24 cm

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

Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-225) and index



GBA783995

ocn173502772 OCoLC


Primary commodities
Commercial policy
Primary commodities / Prices

Rohstoffweltmarkt

bR126a 2008