Inventory and transformation hedging effectiveness in corn crushing

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 154-171

  Dahlgran, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn crushing; Cross hedging; Ethanol futures; Hedging; Processing hedge

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67649970214     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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