No news is good news: Stochastic parameters versus media coverage indices in demand models after food scares

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 727-741

  Mazzocchi, Mario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food safety information; Forecasting; Kalman filter; Time varying parameters

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SAFETY; FORECASTING METHOD; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33746252978     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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