Pre-harvest price expectations for corn: The information content of USDA reports and new crop futures

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 351-366

  Mckenzie, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficient markets hypothesis; Hamilton type approach; New crop futures; USDA crop reports

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; CROP PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; MAIZE; PRICE DETERMINATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 42149136032     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01117.x     Document Type: Article

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