A selected review of agricultural commodity futures and options markets

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-272

  Garcia, Philip ^a   Leuthold, Raymond M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Backwardation; Hedging; Market efficiency; Price volatility; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444334547     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/31.3.235     Document Type: Review

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