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Behind copper prices: a historical perspective 1850 - 1950

Badia-Miró, Marc ; Anna, Carreras and Ducoing, Cristian LU (2019) In LSR Working papers series
Abstract
Commodity prices and their secular trends are at the core of many different development theories, particularly relevant for the Latin American region, like the Prebisch-Singer hypothesis, the natural resource curse theory or the somehow malthusian scarcity prediction. In this article we review the international copper price indices available in the literature and we compare them with a new data set, elaborated from the Official Foreign Trade statistics of one of the main copper producers (Chile) This data has included information on value added and several price/volume indicators allowing to elaborate a more accurate copper price estimation in the long run. This information will enhance our knowledge on commodity prices, mineral trends and... (More)
Commodity prices and their secular trends are at the core of many different development theories, particularly relevant for the Latin American region, like the Prebisch-Singer hypothesis, the natural resource curse theory or the somehow malthusian scarcity prediction. In this article we review the international copper price indices available in the literature and we compare them with a new data set, elaborated from the Official Foreign Trade statistics of one of the main copper producers (Chile) This data has included information on value added and several price/volume indicators allowing to elaborate a more accurate copper price estimation in the long run. This information will enhance our knowledge on commodity prices, mineral trends and structural change. (Less)
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Copper prices, Price Indices, Product diversification, Natural resources, N16, N50, Q32
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LSR Working papers series
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2019:03
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18 pages
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Sustainable Future Hub
Sustainable development, Fiscal policy and Natural resources management. Bolivia, Chile and Peru in the Nordic countries’ mirror
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English
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  author       = {{Badia-Miró, Marc and Anna, Carreras and Ducoing, Cristian}},
  keywords     = {{Copper prices; Price Indices; Product diversification; Natural resources; N16; N50; Q32}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Working Paper}},
  number       = {{2019:03}},
  series       = {{LSR Working papers series}},
  title        = {{Behind copper prices: a historical perspective 1850 - 1950}},
  url          = {{https://www.lusem.lu.se/media/ehl/SFH/LSRWPS0319.pdf}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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