Abstract
We extend the Cole and Obstfeld model in a number of directions to more accurately assess the terms of trade channel. Two crucial theoretical extensions are: to allow multiple producers of each primary commodity and to allow for incomplete specialization.We find that the negative correlation between a relative commodity price and its production level needed to provide the endogenous terms of trade risk sharing in the Cole and Obstfeld model, is largely inoperative in the real world.
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