Optimism and pessimism in commodity price hedging

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 289-307

  Tuthill, Jonathan ^a   Frechette, Darren L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Futures; Hedge; Options; Rank dependent utility; Speculate

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 12444255151     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/31.3.289     Document Type: Article

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