Trends, fluctuations, and determinants of commodity prices

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
521
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
C32, E31, E32, E41, E52

A threefold analysis of commodity prices is carried out to observe their long-run behaviour, their short-run properties and the main determinants. According to the evidence, the Prebisch-Singer hypothesis does not seem to be a property of most prices. The