An analysis of the profiles and motivations of habitual commodity speculators

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 765-801

  Canoles, W Bruce ^a   Thompson, Sarahelen ^b   Irwin, Scott ^b   France, Virginia Grace ^b,c  

^a Merrill Lynch   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0032364872     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9934(199810)18:7<765::AID-FUT2>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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