The effects of decision making on futures price volatility

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 591-603

  Hennessy, David A ^a   Wahl, Thomas I ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Futures volatility; Planting date; Time to maturity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; FUTURES VOLATILITY; PRICE VOLATILITY;

EID: 0030318909     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243277     Document Type: Article

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