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A broad set of methods are available to analyse price volatility. However, due to specific market characteristics and policy implications, agricultural commodity price volatility cannot be analysed as financial price volatility. This chapter reviews these points and outlines the content of the book.
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Piot-Lepetit, I., M’Barek, R. (2011). Methods to Analyse Agricultural Commodity Price Volatility. In: Piot-Lepetit, I., M'Barek, R. (eds) Methods to Analyse Agricultural Commodity Price Volatility. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7634-5_1
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