Modelling food price volatility and testing heat waves and/or meteor showers effects: Evidence for Asia and Pacific

Asian Social Science

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1-20

  Alom, Fardous ^a   Ward, Bert D ^a   Hu, Baiding ^a  

^a Lincoln Universality ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Food price; Heat wave; Meteor showers; Persistence; Spillover effects; Volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866897142     PISSN: 19112017     EISSN: 19112025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/ass.v8n12p1     Document Type: Article

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