Efficiency tests of agricultural commodity futures markets in China

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-141

  Wang, H Holly ^a   Ke, Bingfan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Futures market; Price; Soybean; Wheat

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; COMMODITY PRICE; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DETERMINATION; SOYBEAN; WHEAT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 21844466472     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2005.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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