Common Trends, Common Cycles, and Price Relationships in the International Fiber Market

A multivariate unobserved component model was applied to identify common movements among cotton, wool, rayon, and polyester world prices. Two common stochastic trends and cycles govern the stochastic behaviors of price fluctuations in the world fiber market. These unobserved components have importan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mohamadou L. Fadiga, Sukant K. Misra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 2007-04-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/8596