Why do farmers have so little interest in futures markets?

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-6

  Simmons, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Futures markets; Hedging; Separation Theorem

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; FARMERS ATTITUDE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0036284767     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(01)00055-X     Document Type: Article

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