Bayesian Herders: Updating of Rainfall Beliefs in Response to External Forecasts

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  World Development

• Publication date

  2007-03-01

• Fields of study

  Economics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.WORLDDEV.2006.04.004
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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