Heteroscedastic price forecasting for food security management in developing countries

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 225-236

  Barrett, Christopher B ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SECURITY;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0031472716     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600819708424131     Document Type: Article

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