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This paper examines the price linkages among polyester (the dominant chemical fiber), cotton (the dominant natural …; (ii) crude oil prices have a stronger effect on polyester prices compared to cotton prices; (iii) price shocks originating … incorporates several aspects of the unit root econometrics literature. We find that (i) there is strong co-movement between cotton …
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Abraham Lincoln's election produced Southern secession, Civil War, and abolition. Using a new database of slave sales from New Orleans, we examine the connections between political news and the prices of slaves for 1856-1861. We find that slave prices declined by roughly a third from their 1860...
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that livestock price shocks drive drought-induced conflicts through reducing the opportunity costs of conflict …
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Abraham Lincoln's election produced Southern secession, Civil War, and abolition. Using a new database of slave sales from New Orleans, we examine the connections between political news and the prices of slaves for 1856-1861. We find that slave prices declined by roughly a third from their 1860...
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that livestock price shocks drive drought-induced conflicts through reducing the opportunity costs of conflict …
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