Download or read book Copper and the negative price of storage written by Donald F. Larson and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1991 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Copper and the Negative Price of Storage written by Donald F. Larson and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just as the price of a call option contains a premium based on price variability, so the shadow price of inventories contains a dispersion premium associated with the unplanned component of inventories. When inventory levels are low, the value of the premium increases to the point where inventories will be held even in the face of a fully anticipated fall in price.
Download or read book Why Higher Fiscal Spending Persists when a Boom in Primary Commodities Ends written by Bruno Boccara and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the initial boom in fiscal spending that accompanies a commodity boom, why do commodity- exporting countries tend to maintain higher spending levels despite a drop in commodity prices? Probably because of liquidity constraints and the costs of policy reversal.
Download or read book Commodity Modeling and Pricing written by Peter V. Schaeffer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-12-03 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commodity Modeling and Pricing provides extensions and applications of state-of-the-art methods for analyzing resource commodity behavior. Drawing from the seminal work of Professor Walter Labys on the development of econometric methods for forecasting commodity prices, this collection of essays features expert contributors ranging from practitioners in private industry, public sector, and nongovernmental organizations to scholars in higher education–all of whom were Labys's former students or collaborators. Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, Commodity Modeling and Pricing contains the information you need to excel in this demanding environment.
Download or read book Uncertainty and the Price for Crude Oil Reserves written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Product Standards Imperfect Competition and Completion of the Market in the European Union written by Glenn W. Harrison and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modeling the static and steady- state effects on trade, production, and market structure of completion of the European Union's internal market.
Download or read book The Public Finance of Infrastructure Issues and Options written by Vinaya Swaroop and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Commodities written by H. Kent Baker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 681 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commodities: Markets, Performance, and Strategies provides a comprehensive view of commodity markets by describing and analyzing historical commodity performance, vehicles for investing in commodities, portfolio strategies, and current topics. It begins with the basics of commodity markets and various investment vehicles. The book then highlights the unique risk and return profiles of commodity investments, along with the dangers from mismanaged risk practices. The book also provides important insights into recent developments, including high frequency trading, financialization, and the emergence of virtual currencies as commodities. Readers of Commodities: Markets, Performance, and Strategies can gain an in-depth understanding about the multiple dimensions of commodity investing from experts from around the world. Commodity markets can be accessed with products that create unique risk and return dynamics for investors worldwide. The authors provide insights in a range of areas, from the economics of supply and demand for individual physical commodities through the financial products used to gain exposure to commodities. The book balances useful practical advice on commodity exposure while exposing the reader to various pitfalls inherent in these markets. Readers interested in a basic understanding will benefit as will those looking for more in-depth presentations of specific areas within commodity markets. Overall, Commodities: Markets, Performance, and Strategies provides a fresh look at the myriad dimensions of investing in these globally important markets.
Download or read book Estimating the Health Effects of Air Pollutants written by Bart D. Ostro and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does one assess the health benefits of air pollution control? Does response functions applied to data on Jakarta reveal that air quality improvements will reduce illness, premature death, and learning disabilities in children. Lead and respirable particles are the most important problems.
Download or read book How Relative Prices Affect Fuel Use Patterns in Manufacturing written by Charles C. Guo and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oil Price Instability Hedging and an Oil Stabilization Fund written by Stijn Claessens and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Venezuela could use market- based risk management instruments to reduce short- run risk on oil prices and to complement an oil stabilization fund. Using such instruments would decrease the probability that the stabilization fund would run out of funds, and the fund could be significantly smaller.
Download or read book sustainability written by British Columbia Round Table on the Environment and the Economy and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2018 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Regulations Institutions and Economic Performance written by Hadi Salehi Esfahani and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The private delivery of infrastructure can fail in the absence of adequate background institutions, which may need to be fostered before a credible regulatory system can be put in place.
Download or read book External Shocks in Classical and Keynesian Economies written by Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Informal Gold Mining and Mercury Pollution in Brazil written by Dan Biller and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gold rush in the Amazon region is creating serious environmental problems that imperil future generations. Mercury pollution is a particularly serious problem that should be addressed through an education campaign, through the use of more appropriate (and inexpensive) extraction technologies, and through an effective combination of command and control measures and market- based incentives.
Download or read book The Energy Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Services as a major source of growth in Russia and other former Soviet states written by William Russell Easterly and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1991 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
