A reappraisal of the forecasting performance of corn and soybean new crop futures

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 603-618

  Zulauf, Carl R ^a   Irwin, Scott H ^b   Ropp, Jason E ^c   Sberna, Anthony J ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c ADM Countrymark: Swanington Division

^d Cargill

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EID: 0033418763     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9934(199908)19:5<603::AID-FUT6>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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