Econometric models for oil price forecasting: A critical survey

CESifo Forum

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-44

  Frey, Giliola ^a   Manera, Matteo ^b   Markandya, Anil ^c   Scarpa, Elisa ^d  

^a Eurizon Capital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^d Edison Spa   (Italy)

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EID: 70349393993     PISSN: 1615245X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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