Aggregation of price risk over commodities: An economic index number approach

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1085-1097

  Coyle, Barry T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Index numbers; Price risk; Production

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; ECONOMIC THEORY; INDEX METHOD; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 34848922109     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01023.x     Document Type: Article

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