Forecast encompassing as the necessary condition to reject futures market efficiency: Fluid milk futures

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 610-620

  Sanders, Dwight R ^a   Manfredo, Mark R ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecast encompassing; Milk futures; Pricing efficiency

Indexed keywords

FOOD MARKET; FORECASTING METHOD; MARKET CONDITIONS; MILK;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23644438552     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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