The working curve and commodity storage under backwardation

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 864-872

  Carter, Colin A ^a,b   Giha, Cesar Revoredo L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bckwardation; Commodity prices; Convenience yield; Futures; Storage

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; COMMODITY PRICE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; STOCK MARKET; YIELD;

EID: 34848852231     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01021.x     Document Type: Article

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