#  Publications on Commodities 

 



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“[The Currency-Plus-Commodity Basket: A Proposal for Exchange Rates in Oil-Exporting Countries to Accommodate Trade Shocks Automatically​](/file_url/509)” [Short abstract](/file_url/564). In: [*Institutions and Macroeconomic Policies in Resource-Rich Arab Economies*](https://global.oup.com/academic/product/institutions-and-macroeconomic-policies-in-resource-rich-arab-economies-9780198822226?cc=us&lang=en&)*,* edited by K. Mohaddes, J. Nugent,& H.Selim (Oxford University Press), 2019. [Abstract](/publications/%E2%80%9C-currency-plus-commodity-basket-exchange-rate-proposal-make-monetary-policy). [HKS RWP17-034](https://research.hks.harvard.edu/publications/workingpapers/citation.aspx?PubId=12797&type=FN&PersonId=15); [CID WP no 333](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/publications/faculty-working-papers/currency-plus-commodity-basket). (Appendix: [IMF Article IVs in Gulf countries](/file_url/507).) Summarized in [Policy Brief No. 26](http://erf.org.eg/publications/currency-plus-commodity-basket-a-proposal-for-a-new-exchange-rate-arrangement-for-gulf-oil-exporting-countries/), 2017, [Economic Research Forum](http://erf.org.eg/publication_cat/working-paper-series/), Cairo.

“[How to Cope with Volatile Commodity Export Prices: Three Proposals](/file_url/514)” ([pdf](/file_url/518)), 2018 in *Natural Resources, Finance and Diversification: Diagnostics and Policies*, edited by Rabah Arezki and Raouf Boucekkine (CEPR: London). HKS [RWP17-033](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/how-cope-volatile-commodity-export-prices-four-proposals-0), [CID](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/publications/faculty-working-papers) WP [335, July 2017](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/publications/faculty-working-papers/volatile-commodity-export-prices).

“[Monetary Regimes to Cope with Volatile Commodity Export Prices: Two Proposals](/file_url/515)” ([pdf](/file_url/516)), 2018 in *Natural Resources, Finance and Diversification: Diagnostics and Policies*, R.Arezki and R.Boucekkine, eds. (CEPR: London).

"[Effects of Speculation and Interest Rates in a 'Carry Trade' Model of Commodity Prices](/file_url/1156)," [*Journal of International Money and Finance*](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261560613001083)*,* vol.42, April 2014, pp. 88-112. [HKS RWP13-022](https://research.hks.harvard.edu/publications/workingpapers/citation.aspx?PubId=9031&type=WPN), 2013. HKS [Summary](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/articles/commodity-prices). NBER [WP 19463](http://www.nber.org/papers/w19463). [Stata (data, do & log) files](http://hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/CommodityPrices2013Data&ResultsStataAppendixNoCE.zip) thanks to Marco Martinez, June 2013 (excl. proprietary *Consensus Economics* data). [Video](http://www.imf.org/external/mmedia/view.aspx?vid=2260845155001)

### More Topics 

[Determinants of Commodity Prices](https://prod-frankel.drupalsites.harvard.edu/effects-interest-rates-commodity-prices)

[Natural Resource Curse](https://prod-frankel.drupalsites.harvard.edu/other-commodities)

[Policies to Cope with Commodity Volatility](https://prod-frankel.drupalsites.harvard.edu/commodities-developing-countries-and-resource-curse)



 



 

 See also:- [ Commodities ](/publication-topics-new/commodities)