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Estimating The Variance Of Food Price Inflation

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  • Blisard, Noel
  • Blaylock, James R.

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Stochastic index theory views each commodity price change as an independent observation on the rate of inflation that can be estimated by averaging over all prices. Our methodology estimates both the overall rate of inflation and relative price changes along with standard errors.

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  • Blisard, Noel & Blaylock, James R., 1993. "Estimating The Variance Of Food Price Inflation," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 25(01), pages 1-8, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:joaaec:15217
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.15217
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    3. Clements, Kenneth W & Izan, H Y, 1987. "The Measurement of Inflation: A Stochastic Approach," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association, vol. 5(3), pages 339-350, July.
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