Forecasting Food Price Inflation in Developing Countries with Inflation Targeting Regimes: the Colombian Case

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
409
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
C22, E31, Q11
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy
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