Commodity price shocks and the Australian economy since federation

Australia has experienced frequent and large commodity export price shocks like Third World commodity exporters, but this price volatility has had much more modest impact on economic performance. Why? This paper explores Australian terms of trade volatility since 1901. It identifies two major price...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bhattacharyya, S, Williamson, J
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2010