Smart money: The forecasting ability of cftc large Traders in agricultural Futures markets

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 276-296

  Sanders, Dwight R ^a   Irwin, Scott H ^b   Merrin, Robert P ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural futures markets; Commitments of Traders; Forecasting; Prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349859797     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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