Trade, Competition, and the Pricing of Commodities

Simon Evenett, Frédéric Jenny, 15 February 2012

After several decades of quiescence, global commodity prices almost doubled in 2008 and, after a brief fall, rose again in 2011. The papers in this new CEPR eReport aim to identify and assess the importance of the factors responsible for the recent increases in the levels and volatility of commodity prices.

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Trade, Competition, and the Pricing of Commodities

Edited by Simon J. Evenett and Frédéric Jenny

15 February 2012

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction
   Simon J Evenett and Frédéric Jenny

2 Commodity Prices, Government Policies and Competition
   Steve McCorriston

3 Price Formation and Price Trends in Exhaustible Resource Markets
   Marian Radetzki

4 Price Effects of International Cartels in Markets for Primary Products
   John M Connor

5 Global Welfare Consequences of Cartelisation in Primary Commodities: Cases of Natural Rubber and Banana
   Pradeep S Mehta, Aradhna Aggarwal and Natasha Nayak

6 Export Cartels in Primary Products: The Potash Case in Perspective
   Frédéric Jenny

7 Reducing Distortions in International Commodity Markets: An Agenda for Multilateral Cooperation
   Bernard Hoekman and Will Martin

 

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Topics:  International trade

Tags:  WTO, Commodity prices, food prices, Cartels, CEPR, CUTS

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