What causes commodity price backwardation?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 761-771

  Frechette, Darren L ^a   Fackler, Paul L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Backwardation; Futures prices; Location; Storage; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0039778430     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244322     Document Type: Article

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