Forward hedging under price and production risk of wheat

Agricultural and Food Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-133

  Liu, Xing ^a   Pietola, Kyösti ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forward contract; Grain market; Price; Risk management; Yield

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 27744593136     PISSN: 14596067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2137/145960605774826028     Document Type: Review

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