The informational role of open interest in futures markets

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 569-573

  Yang, Jian ^a   Bessler, David A ^b   Fung, Hung Gay ^c  

^a PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; INFORMATION;

EID: 3442895391     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850410001692795     Document Type: Article

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