Did futures markets stabilise US grain prices?

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-36

  Santos, Joseph ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; PRICE DETERMINATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345775937     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2002.tb00003.x     Document Type: Article

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