TY - BOOK ID - 11261719 TI - Commodity terms of trade : the history of booms and busts AU - Spatafora, Nikola. AU - Tytell, Irina. AU - International Monetary Fund. PY - 2009 SN - 1451917740 1452738963 1451873522 1282844113 9786612844119 1462336590 PB - [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Research Dept., DB - UniCat KW - Business & Economics KW - Economic Theory KW - Prices. KW - Terms of trade KW - Business cycles KW - Econometric models. KW - Commercial products KW - Commodity prices KW - Justum pretium KW - Price theory KW - Prices KW - Consumption (Economics) KW - Cost KW - Costs, Industrial KW - Money KW - Cost and standard of living KW - Supply and demand KW - Value KW - Wages KW - Willingness to pay KW - Competition, International KW - Investments: Commodities KW - Investments: Energy KW - Macroeconomics KW - Commodity Markets KW - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: General (includes Measurement and Data) KW - Investment & securities KW - Economic growth KW - Commodities KW - Commodity booms KW - Commodity price fluctuations KW - Papua New Guinea UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11261719 AB - We compile a historical dataset covering nearly 40 years of booms and busts in the commodity terms of trade of over 150 countries. We discuss the characteristics of these events and their effects on macroeconomic performance and, in particular, compare the most recent commodity-price cycle with its historical precedents. ER -